National Security Agency (NSA) Director Mike Rogers and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats have both denied that US President Donald Trump put pressure on them to intervene in investigations into possible collusion between the Kremlin and the Republican’s election campaign.
At a Senate intelligence hearing Wednesday, Rogers poured cold water on press reports that the president had personally appealed to him to “downplay the Russia investigation.”
Asked by Senator Mark Warner about the allegations, the NSA chief referred to such media reports as “theoreticals.”
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