WASHINGTON — The White House is struggling to answer whether it believes President Donald Trump is the target of a counterintelligence investigation.
When first asked whether Trump is the subject of such a probe, press secretary Sean Spicer said the White House needed to find that out. He said that’s why Trump has asked Congress to include that issue in its investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 campaign.
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