The debate about Russia’s influence on the U.S. presidential election has just gotten a lot more intense.
Senior aides in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign team allegedly had frequent contact with high-level Russian intelligence officials in the run-up to the November 2016 election, according to a New York Times report on Monday night. CNN also reported that some of Trump’s aides were in “constant communication” with senior Russian officials during the campaign.
The allegations come a day after Trump’s national security advisor, Michael Flynn, resigned after failing to properly brief Trump and Vice President Mike Pence properly on the substance of a December conversation with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. White House spokesperson Sean Spicer said Trump knew there were problems with Flynn’s phone call weeks before they were made public, sparking congressional calls for an investigation into the affair.
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