After meeting with the FBI on Friday senators were so alarmed with what they learned that the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a formal demand that Trump and his cronies not delete any communications records pertaining to contact with Russia by numerous individuals involved with Trump's administration, campaign, transition team & current Whitehouse staff...
Senators want materials saved for Russia probe | Fox News
The committee chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and its vice chairman, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., sent letters out on Friday -- the same day committee members received a classified briefing from FBI Director James Comey. Committee members declined to comment on what was discussed after the more than hourlong briefing.
The committee chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and its vice chairman, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., sent letters out on Friday -- the same day committee members received a classified briefing from FBI Director James Comey. Committee members declined to comment on what was discussed after the more than hourlong briefing.
The aide was not authorized to discuss the issue and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
On Thursday, Senate Democrats wrote the White House and law enforcement agencies seeking assurances that they were preserving all materials related to contacts individuals associated with President Donald Trump had with Russians.
As a part of these investigations, there have been ongoing inquiries into communications or contacts between the Trump campaign or Trump transition team and associates or officials of the Russian government, including communications involving ousted national security adviser Mike Flynn.
The letter to the White House counsel said the executive branch and Congress have been investigating Russia's efforts to interfere with the 2016 election.