Wednesday, June 7, 2017

US intelligence chiefs won't say if Trump asked them to interfere in Russia probe

Two of America's top intelligence officials have refused to say whether they had been asked to influence an ongoing investigation, amid reports that President Donald Trump asked them to push back against the Russia probe.

US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told a senate panel he had "never felt pressured" to influence the Russia inquiry, but wouldn't comment on his conversations with the president.

From Washington, Harry Horton reports.

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