Cnn about communications during the 2016 president ial campaign between Donald Trump Associates and russians known to u. S. Intelligence. Multiple u. S. Officials tell cnn the white house sought the help not only of the bureau, but other agencies investigating the russian matter to say that the reports were wrong and that there had been no contacts. These officials tell cnn. Youll recall that cnn and the New York Times first reported on this just over a week ago. So far the white house has not commented on the record to cnn. And evan, this is not a typical request. How did this start . Anderson, a u. S. Law enforcement official said this began with the fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe and white house chief of staff Reince Priebus on the sidelines of a separate white house meeting on the day that these stories were published. A white house official says that mccabe actually told priebus that this New York Times story vastly overstated what the fbi knows about these russian contacts. Bu
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