(CNN) Two US intelligence agency chiefs refused to say on the record Wednesday whether President Donald Trump asked them to downplay investigations into whether there was collusion between Russia and Trump's presidential campaign last year. "I have never felt pressured to intervene in the Russia investigation in any way," Coats told members of the Senate intelligence committee when asked about such reports. It's a new twist for a hearing Wednesday that was set to be dominated by questions about the Russia investigation. Rogers repeatedly declined to directly address questions about whether Trump pressured him to downplay any investigation into Russian collusion with his presidential campaign. DNI spokesman Brian Hale said in advance of the hearing, "Director Coats does not discuss his private conversations with the President."

Source: CNN June 07, 2017 13:47 UTC