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In reply to the discussion: So, who takes the kind of notes Comey did? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)A paralegal. It's not unusual for facts-oriented people to memorialize conversations and meetings shortly after they occur. The reasons are multiple.
First, the other participants may remember things differently. So there is this memorialization, put down near the time of the meeting, to refresh everyone's memory.
Second, if that person leaves the company, the successor has a record of what has occurred and been said by the parties, at least in the view of the person writing the memo.
Third, the person who memorializes the meeting has a refresher for himself, to use to prepare for the next meeting on that subject.
It's not done for a nefarious purpose. It's just a factual memorialization. Although it COULD be done, if a situation is contentious. But not necessarily.
It's well known that putting things in writing shortly after they occur is more reliable than remembering them later.