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
Russia hearing live: FBI director Comey says no information to confirm Trump's wiretap claims

Content: 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”. Splits between the Republican and Democratic membership were evident from the very start of the hearing. Chairman Devin Nunes, a Republican and a member of Trump’s transition team, sought to put the emphasis on leaks from the intelligence agencies about the investigation, and particularly in the contacts between the former national security adviser Michael Flynn and the Russian ambassador to Washington. The ranking Democrat on the committee, Adam Schiff, used his 15-minute opening statement to outline a prosecutorial case laying out all the known or reported contacts between members of the Trump campaign team and Russian officials, most of which had been denied by the Trump camp. “Is it possible that all of these events and reports are completely unrelated, and nothing more than an entirely unhappy coincidence?” Schiff asked. “