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January 14, 2019

Dems Vow to Investigate After 2 New Reports on Trump's Relationship with Russia
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On Friday, The New York Times reported that counterintelligence agents
began investigating Trump's 2017 firing of former FBI Director James
Comey because of concerns he may be working "on behalf of Russia"
against U.S. interests. Investigators reportedly launched the
investigation after Trump himself linked Comey's firing to the probe
into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. On
Saturday, The Washington Post reported that Trump went to "extraordinary
lengths" to keep details of his conversations with Russian President
Vladimir Putin hidden, including a July 2018 meeting in Helsinki, after
which Trump reportedly took his own interpreter's notes. House Judiciary
Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler has said he is looking into the reports,
while House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel said his panel
will hold hearings on Trump's "dark dealings" with Putin.


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