This aspect of the probe began days after Trump abruptly fired former FBI Director James Comey, sources told the Post. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy and it's unclear how many others have been questioned by the FBI.
That is something that may have to be determined by Special Counsel Robert Mueller when he eventually releases his findings.
"The FBI leak of information regarding the President is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal", Corallo told CNN. He asserted that "I am protecting the right of the president to assert if it he chooses and there may be other privileges that may apply".
The pushback also represented growing willingness among staffers to try to keep Trump from making damaging mistakes - an important internal change in a White House dominated by a president who often demands obeisance. Experts point out that the Supreme Court ruled during the Watergate scandal that officials can not use privilege to withhold evidence in criminal prosecutions.
Burr made it clear Tuesday that National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers followed through on his promise to the Senate intelligence committee and returned to answer questions in private that he said he could not answer.
He also said Comey should have shared his concerns about the Trump conversation with another Justice Department official, Dana Boente, who was then acting deputy attorney general, and would have been Comey's direct supervisor.
Probing the president for possible crimes is a complicated affair, even if convincing evidence of a crime is found.
His refusals to comment, including about conversations with Trump on Comey's firing, repeatedly irked Democrats.
12 - Harris: "Are you aware of any communications with any Trump officials or did you have any communications with any officials about Russia or Russian interests in the United States before January 20?"
Bangladesh coach Hathurusingha asks team to 'express themselves'
In fact, in the last five matches, the two are evenly matched with two wins apiece, with one match being washed out due to rain. India will know, however, that losing to Bangladesh will be taken especially badly back home. "We have variation.
In his testimony on Tuesday, Sessions addressed media reports that he may have had a third previously undisclosed meeting with Kislyak at Washington's Mayflower Hotel previous year.
But after Comey testified to Congress last week about what he said were Trump's attempts to get Comey to publicly exonerate him, Kasowitz maintained that Trump "was not under investigation as part of any probe into Russian interference".
And while he had recused himself from the Russian Federation probe, Sessions insisted, "I did not recuse myself from defending my honor against scurrilous and false allegations".
Sessions said that he was not sure what was "explicitly" in Trump's mind. That was on a phone call after the Oval Office discussion about Flynn.
"Special counsel has been in contact with the committee to discuss access", he wrote.
The president sacked Comey in early May.
When asked about his conversation with Comey on the day the president spoke to Comey alone, Sessions described the exchange differently than the former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief did in his testimony last week.
Investigators will also look for any statements the president may have made publicly and privately to people outside the government about his reasons for firing Comey and his concerns about the Russian Federation probe and other related investigations, people familiar with the matter said.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday, fiercely maintaining he did nothing wrong in meeting twice with the Russian ambassador to the USA during President Trump's 2016 campaign and also infuriating Democrats by refusing to detail any conversations he has had with the president.
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