{"id":1247,"date":"2017-05-19T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/19\/growing-evidence-of-trumps-interference-in-russia-investigation\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T14:31:00","slug":"growing-evidence-of-trumps-interference-in-russia-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/growing-evidence-of-trumps-interference-in-russia-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Evidence of Trump\u2019s Interference in Russia Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><strong>Trump admitted he fired the FBI director because of the Russia investigation.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/politics\/President-Trump-Lester-Holt-Russia-Made-Up-Story-422056703.html\">TRUMP<\/a>: <\/strong>&#8220;And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said &#39;you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>A law enforcement official said &ldquo;there is a whole lot of interfering&rdquo; in the Russia election.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/source-there-is-whole-a-lot-of-interfering-in-russia-investigation\/\">CBS NEWS<\/a>: <\/strong>&ldquo;Within the FBI, the Russia investigation is considered to be&nbsp;&lsquo;a crisis,&rsquo;the source said, and&nbsp;&lsquo;there is a whole lot of interfering.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Trump threatened the former FBI director this morning to stay quiet.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/863007411132649473\">TRUMP<\/a>:<\/strong> &ldquo;James Comey better hope that there are no&nbsp;&lsquo;tapes&rsquo;&nbsp;of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>The White House admitted that removing the FBI director would help end the Russia investigation.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/05\/11\/politics\/comey-fbi-investigation-russia-sarah-huckabee-sanders\/\">SANDERS<\/a>: <\/strong>&ldquo;We want this to come to its conclusion, we want it to come to its conclusion with integrity&hellip; and we think that we&rsquo;ve actually, by removing Director Comey, taken steps to make that happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump admitted he fired the FBI director because of the Russia investigation. 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