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Reince Priebus: “"The New York Times" last week put out an article with no direct sources that said that the Trump campaign had constant…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2017
"The New York Times" last week put out an article with no direct sources that said that the Trump campaign had constant contacts with Russian spies, basically, you know, treasonous type accusations. We have now all kinds of people looking into this. I can assure you, and I've been -- I've been approved to say this, that the top levels of the intelligence community have assured me that that story is not only inaccurate, but it's grossly overstated, and it was wrong. And there's nothing to it.
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Reince Priebus denies allegations of Trump campaign contacts with Russian spies and claims the story is inaccurate.

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