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80. Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push back against FBI collusion probe

Tue May 23, 2017, 08:42 PM

May 2017

Washington Post: Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push back against FBI collusion probe after Comey revealed its existence

Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign and the Russian government, according to current and former officials.

Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election.

Coats and Rogers refused to comply .............

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