“Seventeen current and former FBI and Department of Justice officials, intelligence officials, and others familiar with the situation told me they were deeply worried by a variety of decisions that suggest ever-closer ties between the Trump administration and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime.”
*NEW EXCLUSIVE*: I’ve spent months reporting on the quiet campaign within the FBI to urge senior leadership to cancel Patel’s trip to Russia before the midterms. Current and former FBI officials familiar with the matter told me that their many efforts to pass apprehensions up the chain went unanswered, prompting some to take the extraordinary step to share their worries with Congress and others. @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/national-sec…
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