U.S. lawmakers push for answers on Trump team's Russia ties - Reuters

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A crisis over the relationship between President Donald Trump's aides and Russia deepened on Wednesday as a growing number of Trump's fellow Republicans demanded expanded congressional inquiries into the matter.
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Some experts expressed concern the White House could curtail or divert probes into Flynn and Russian involvement in the election unless Congress becomes more aggressive by holding hearings and appointing an independent commission or special prosecutor into whether Trump's team violated federal laws in their contacts with Russia.
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'VERY UN-AMERICAN'

In Twitter posts on Wednesday, Trump called the reported Russian connection with his campaign team nonsense and said the leaks were the "real scandal."

From early on in his White House bid, Trump said he would like improved relations with Putin, a stance criticized by Democrats and those Republicans concerned about Washington softening its stance after Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and aggression in Syria. - [link:'VERY UN-AMERICAN' In Twitter posts on Wednesday, Trump called the reported Russian connection with his campaign team nonsense and said the leaks were the "real scandal." From early on in his White House bid, Trump said he would like improved relations with Putin, a stance criticized by Democrats and those Republicans concerned about Washington softening its stance after Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and aggression in Syria.|Reuters]

And what did tRump say today, something to the effect that "he didn't order Flynn to talk to the Russian embassador, but it would be something that he would have asked him to do." Really? Is this your way of saying that you're okay with instructing your head of national security to offer aid and comfort to a hostile foreign power? We could hang you for that, literally. You know that right? It's called treason.

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1. It's time for a Special Prosecutor