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Kasowitz gets Comey's Trump quote wrong .. he said, "the president never suggested that Mr. Comey quote "let Flynn go" close quote..." .. here it is ..

Consistent with that statement, the President never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that Mr. Comey stop investigating anyone, including suggesting that that Mr. Comey “let Flynn go.” As he publicly stated the next day, he did say to Mr. Comey, “General Flynn is a good guy, he has been through a lot,” and also “asked how is General Flynn is doing.” Admiral Rogers testified that the President never “directed [him] to do anything . . . illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate" and never “pressured [him] to do so.” Director Coates said the same thing. The President likewise never pressured Mr. Comey. .. http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-read-trump-lawyer-marc-kasowitz-s-1496945767-htmlstory.html

while in fact the words used by Comey to quote Trump were

The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, “He is a good guy and has been through a lot.” He repeated that Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” I replied only that “he is a good guy.” (In fact, I had a positive experience dealing with Mike Flynn when he was a colleague as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the beginning of my term at FBI.) I did not say I would “let this go.”
.. your link .. http://www.npr.org/2017/06/07/531643428/comey-opening-statement-for-senate-intelligence-hearing-annotated

So Kasowitz is right that Trump did not suggest “let Flynn go.”, as Kasowitz changed Comey's words.

Comey didn't fudge. Kasowitz fudged. Mr Comey's testimony made it clear that Trump tried to impede the investigation.