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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, some treasonous-type accusations. We have now all kinds of people looking into this. I can assure you, and 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 over stated and it was wrong and there's nothing to it.
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Reince Priebus denies reports of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian spies, asserting that the intelligence community has assured him the claims are inaccurate.

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