Report: FBI Rejected WH Request to Deny Contacts Between Trump Advisers and Russia
The FBI rejected a recent White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between Donald Trump’s associates and Russians known to US intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign, multiple US officials briefed on the matter tell CNN.
The report comes days after the New York Times and CNN reported last week that Trump campaign aides and associates were in touch with Russian intel officials during the campaign. White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus then said during a weekend television interview that senior intelligence officials assured him that there were not significant contacts between Trump advisers and Russian agents.
Several members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees tell CNN that the congressional investigations are continuing into those alleged Russian contacts with the Trump campaign, despite Priebus’ assertion that there is nothing to those reports.
We will update this story as we continue to receive more information.
