Title: Trump-Russia collusion is being investigated by FBI, Comey confirms | US news | The Guardian
Headings: Trump-Russia collusion is being investigated by FBI, Comey confirms
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Trump-Russia collusion is being investigated by FBI, Comey confirms
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Content: Democratic members of the committee asked Comey about a list of Trump’s former or current aides, including the former national security advisor, Michael Flynn; his former campaign manager Paul Manafort; foreign policy adviser Carter Page; another former adviser, Roger Stone; and former media adviser Michael Caputo. The FBI director was also asked about Trump himself. In each case, he said he could neither confirm or deny whether they were under investigation. Aware of Democratic criticisms, Comey urged Congress and the public not to draw comparisons between his extensive public comments on the Clinton inquiry, arguing that they concerned “details of a completed investigation”, although in the days before the election Comey publicly stated newly inquired information from an ongoing inquiry might affect the Clinton investigation – something that ultimately did not happen. In his testimony, Comey remarked on the bluntness of the Russian intelligence intervention in the election, which he described as “unusually loud”, as if the Russians did not care if they were caught, or even wanted to be caught. The aim, he suggested was “freaking people out that the Russians might have been undermining our elections successfully”.