Title: FBI probing alleged Trump campaign collusion with Russia | Daily Mail Online
Headings: FBI director rocks White House by confirming investigation into whether Trump campaign colluded with Russia's spies - and says Putin DID want to help Trump beat Clinton
FBI director rocks White House by confirming investigation into whether Trump campaign colluded with Russia's spies - and says Putin DID want to help Trump beat Clinton
Comey confirms FBI's investigating alleged Russian interference
Comey says 'no information to support Trump's wiretap claims'
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer ripped the idea of collusion.
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Content: FBI probing alleged Trump campaign collusion with Russia | Daily Mail Online
FBI director rocks White House by confirming investigation into whether Trump campaign colluded with Russia's spies - and says Putin DID want to help Trump beat Clinton
FBI Director James Comey said at a hearing Friday that the was investigating Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election
He said the probe includes looking at 'the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government'
The declaration follows months of press reporters about ties between Trump associates and Russia
Trump's national security advisor Mike Flynn got pushed out following his failure to disclose contacts with Russia's ambassador to the U.S.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a 'clear preference' for Trump, Comey said
Comey during the campaign revealed the existence of a renewed look into Hillary Clinton's emails
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:53 EST, 20 March 2017 | Updated: 11:32 EST, 21 March 2017
FBI Director James Comey has confirmed in public that the FBI is investigating links between Trump campaign associates and the Russian government – a stunning disclosure that law enforcement was probing whether there are ties between the Trump campaign and election hacking that may have helped the president win. Comey announced the information – which has been reported for weeks but had lacked official public confirmation – during a high-stakes hearing conducted by the House Intelligence Committee. Although he said he wouldn't reveal classified information about the investigation, Comey backed up an intelligence community conclusion that the Kremlin wanted Donald Trump to win the election. 'I think that was a fairly easy judgment for the (intelligence) community,' Comey said. ' Putin hated Secretary Clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much. +2
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FBI Director James Comey confirmed publicly that the FBI is investigating 'the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government
Comey dropped his bombshell by confirming the investigation at the top of a public hearing Monday, where he fielded questions from Democrats about Russia and from Republicans about potentially felonious leaking of classified information that ended up in the press. 'I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts,' said Comey.