Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Pres. Trump asked intelligence chief to intervene with FBI probe - Washington Post

U.S. President Donald Trump tried to enlist Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats to get the intelligence chief to convince then FBI Director James Comey to back off the Russia investigation, the Washington Post reports.

DNI Coats is expected on Capitol Hill for a  hearing before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee which was originally expected to address the FISA ACT - that is the regulations on gathering intelligence on spies inside the US.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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