Trump asked intel chiefs to push back against FBI collusions probe after Comey revealed its existence

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President 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 with the requests, which they both deemed to be inappropriate, according to two current and two former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private communications with the president.

Trump sought the assistance of Coats and Rogers after FBI Director James B. Comey told the House Intelligence Committee on March 20that the FBI was investigating “the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts.”

Trump’s conversation with Rogers was documented contemporaneously in an internal memo written by a senior NSA official, according to the officials. It is unclear if a similar memo was prepared by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to document Trump’s conversation with Coats. Officials said such memos could be made available to both the special counsel now overseeing the Russia investigation and congressional investigators, who might explore whether Trump sought to impede the FBI’s work.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-asked-intelligence-chiefs-to-push-back-against-fbi-collusion-probe-after-comey-revealed-its-existence/2017/05/22/394933bc-3f10-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html

 

since confirmed by NBC News.

Trump busy lawyering up...

Edited May 23, 2017 by Jacque67

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Comey admitted in his May 3rd testimony to Comgress there was no pressuring to end any investigation for political purposes. Of course the Washington Compost won't tell you that.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Coats and  Rogers to testify today.

trump off to seek prayer in Rome

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22 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Coats and  Rogers to testify today.

trump off to seek prayer in Rome

 

 

I think he's beyond prayer at this stage. 

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Coats refuses to comment on whether Trump pressurised him when McCain asks at SASC hearings ...

hmmmm

[Jacque67 7,328]

Dems flushing out DNI as a hack for Trump.

Heinrich got Coats to claim he doesn't know anymore than public about Trump intel to Russia.

 

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Coats is shewk...

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13 hours ago, jg121783 said:

Comey admitted in his May 3rd testimony to Comgress there was no pressuring to end any investigation for political purposes. Of course the Washington Compost won't tell you that.

You keep saying that, and it keeps not being true.  There was no pressure from within the AG office.  He did not say there was no attempt to influence the investigation from other quarters.

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More shocking evidence of Russian election ties

 

 

 

http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/check-it-out-the-new-york-times-just-exposed-the-hillary-clinton-russia-nexus/