WATCH: Paul Ryan Responds to Reports on Trump & Comey

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (Getty)

House Speaker Paul Ryan took questions from reporters Wednesday after recent bombshell reports that President Donald Trump has been involved in misconduct out of the Oval Office.

Ryan said that he and his peers in Congress intend to “follow the facts wherever they may lead,” adding that “our job is to be responsible, sober and focused only on gathering the facts” after reports accused Trump of telling former FBI Director James Comey to drop the ongoing investigation against his campaign.

Comey was fired by Trump on May 9.

Watch Ryan’s statement in the video below:

Ryan was addressing reporters on the topic of tax reform. He was touting the GOP plan for the reform at a press conference before taking a few questions from reporters.

The first one was about a report by The New York Times on Tuesday that said Comey had a memo documenting his meeting with Trump. It detailed the meeting at the White House in which Trump allegedly asked Comey to “let go” of his agency’s investigation against former National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn.

“There’s been a lot of reporting lately, I think that requires close examination…we need the facts,” Ryan said. “There are some people out there who want to hurt the president, but we have an obligation to carry out our oversight regardless of which party is in the White House. That means before rushing to judgement, we get all of the pertinent information.”

Ryan continued that the House has “appropriately” requested Comey’s memo. Trump hasn’t yet commented publicly on The Times‘ report.

One day before The Times article, The Washington Post reported that Trump gave classified information about the Islamic State to two Russian officials during a meeting at the Oval Office one day after Comey was fired.

Trump seemed to confirm that on Twitter himself, saying it’s well within his rights to declassify information whenever he sees fit.