A White House official confirmed Friday that Trump had discussed the issue with staff and that White House counsel Donald McGahn relayed Trump’s position to the Justice Department. The breakdown also threatens to push the majority of congressional probes into Russia meddling into a political sideshow. Feinstein is frustrated that Grassley wants to couple the probe of Trump’s Russia ties with inquiries into Clinton’s emails and the Russian uranium deal. Nunes and a White House official both said that they had not been in touch about the uranium investigation and were not working together. But Nunes did not rule out briefing the White House about his investigation in the future.

Source: Washington Post October 28, 2017 00:41 UTC