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Sources: Trump Campaign Had at Least 18 Undisclosed Contacts With Russians

Thursday, 18 May 2017 06:32 AM

Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.

The previously undisclosed interactions form part of the record now being reviewed by FBI and congressional investigators probing Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election and contacts between Trump’s campaign and Russia.

Six of the previously undisclosed contacts described to Reuters were phone calls between Sergei Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the United States, and Trump advisers, including Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser, three current and former officials said.
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John Dean: Why Trump's Comey concession is a sham

By John W. Dean Updated 1704 GMT (0104 HKT) June 6, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/06/opinions/comey-executive-privilege-trump-sham-dean-opinion/index.html

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- John W. Dean: James Comey is not testifying only because the president is not invoking executive privilege

- Administration pretending otherwise is not only disingenuous, but also borders on small-bore fraud, Dean says

(CNN)The White House has made an absurd announcement -- that it will not invoke executive privilege to prevent James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, scheduled Thursday.

Deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders first claimed, "The President's power to assert executive privilege is well-established." So is the President's power to issue pardons, but those are for another day. Huckabee Sanders proceeded from her non-sequitur, adding, "However, in order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Trump will not assert executive privilege regarding James Comey's scheduled testimony."
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http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/06/opinions/comey-executive-privilege-trump-sham-dean-opinion/index.html