The alleged requests from the White House would violate longstanding Justice Department protocols concerning The FBI reportedly rejected a White House request to publicly shoot down stories about alleged communications between Russian operatives and people within President Donald Trump’s inner circle, CNN reported Thursday evening.
Trump administration officials wanted the FBI to disavow the reports and say that there was no contact between people associated with Trump and Russia, the network said, citing multiple US officials familiar with the discussions.
According to one unnamed law-enforcement official, the conversations began with White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and FBI deputy …read more
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