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House and senate intelligence committee chairmen saying they were also inlisted in conversations with reporters, confers that reince priebus reported on meet the press. and in fact, the chairman of the house intelligence committee went on the record after he was informed by the fbi as to that story and what did he say? he said it was total garbage. the drip, drip, drip is making some republicans in congress weary. on friday, republican said he is open to a special prosecutor to investigate russian interference in the election. you cannot have somebody, a friend of mine, jeff sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee. you are going to need to use the special prosecutors statute and office. senator tom is well positioned to talk about two of our big stories this morning. ....
Media. the leaks are absolutely real. the news is fake. on thursday night, media outlets reported that white house chief of staff reince priebus asked the fbi to publically discredit a new york times story on russia after the fbi s deputy director reportedly told him it was overblown. on friday, the president went after the press. i want you all to know that we are fighting the fake news. it s fake, phony, fake. but trump administration officials acknowledge on friday that white house chief of staff did ask fbi deputy director andrew mcsaid to push back against news stories against contacts between trump aids and russians during the campaign. days earlier, reince priebus said this on meet the press. i talked to the top levels of the intelligence community, and they have assured me that that new york times story was grossly overstated and inaccurate and totally wrong. later on friday, the washington post quoted both ....