The Latest on the investigation into Russia’s interference in the election and ties to Trump campaign associates (all times local) :<\/b>
\nWASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on the investigation into Russia’s interference in the election and ties to Trump campaign associates (all times local) : 12: 15 p.m. Sen. Marco Rubio says it’s best for the country to let the FBI’s investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election take its course, and the Florida Republican tells CNN’s \u00ab\u00a0State of the Union\u00a0\u00bb that’s what he’d advise President Donald Trump. Rubio says Trump firing former FBI Director James Comey hasn’t impeded the FBI’s or the Senate intelligence committee’s investigations into Russia’s role in the 2016 campaign. Rubio says: \u00ab\u00a0If it involved working with Americans, whether wittingly or unwittingly, that needs to be part of\u00a0\u00bb the investigation. Trump insists his campaign had nothing to do with Russian efforts to undermine credibility in the U. S. election. Rubio says it’s important for the American people to know how the Russians interfered because we have more elections coming up. ___ 10: 30 a.m. The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says the panel is looking forward to getting a response from the White House this week as to whether President Donald Trump has tapes of private conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey. Rep. Adam Schiff says he wants the White House to acknowledge the tapes or make clear there are no tapes and \u00ab\u00a0it was an idle threat.\u00a0\u00bb The panel sent a bipartisan letter this month to White House counsel Don McGahn seeking an answer by this Friday. The committee also sent a letter to Comey asking for any notes or memos. Schiff says if the panel can’t get an answer then he believes a subpoena will be needed. He spoke on ABC’s \u00ab\u00a0This Week.\u00a0\u00bb ___ 9: 30 a.m. A member of President Donald Trump’s outside legal team says the president is not under investigation, contradicting a recent tweet from Trump. Speaking on NBC’s \u00ab\u00a0Meet the Press\u00a0\u00bb Sunday, attorney Jay Sekulow said the \u00ab\u00a0president is not under investigation by the special counsel.\u00a0\u00bb He said Trump’s statement on Twitter Friday was specifically in response to a story in The Washington Post about the expanding probe into Russia’s election meddling. The president wrote on Twitter: \u00ab\u00a0I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt.\u00a0\u00bb The message apparently referred to Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general whose role leading the federal investigation has become increasingly complicated. Sekulow said Trump \u00ab\u00a0is not and has not been under investigation.\u00a0\u00bb ___ 7: 40 a.m. President Donald Trump is beginning his day with a stream of tweets defending his record and lashing out at the investigation into Russian interference in the election. In a two-part tweet posted before 7 a.m. Sunday, Trump wrote: \u00ab\u00a0The MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN agenda is doing very well despite the distraction of the Witch Hunt.\u00a0\u00bb He continued by saying: \u00ab\u00a0Many new jobs, high business enthusiasm …massive regulation cuts, 36 new legislative bills signed, great new S. C. Justice, and Infrastructure, Healthcare and Tax Cuts in works!\u00a0\u00bb \u00ab\u00a0Witch hunt’ is how Trump characterizes the probe into Russia’s election interference and possible ties to his campaign associates. Trump advisers describe the president as increasingly angry over the investigation, yelling at television sets carrying coverage and insisting he is the target of a conspiracy. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n

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