James Comey refuses to tell Senate if FBI is investigating Trump-Russia links
by Spencer Ackerman in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#28DKN)
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The director of the FBI - whose high-profile interventions in the 2016 election are widely seen to have helped tip the balance of against Hillary Clinton - has refused to say if the bureau is investigating possible connections between associates of President-elect Donald Trump and Russia.
Testifying before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday, James Comey said he could not comment in public on a possible investigation into allegations of links between Russia and the Trump campaign.
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