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The White House is trying to distract from Trump's wiretap claims with a dubious new talking point

A former Obama administration official responsible for the Defense Department's Russia policy has come in the White House's crosshairs.

Spicer holds his daily press briefing at the White House in Washington

A former Obama administration official responsible for the Defense Department's Russia policy has come in the White House's crosshairs for what they have characterized as her admission that Obama-era officials were collecting intelligence on President Donald Trump and his transition team.

"American allies, including the British and the Dutch, had provided information describing meetings in European cities between Russian officials — and others close to Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin — and associates of President-elect Trump," the Times reported. "Separately, American intelligence agencies had intercepted communications of Russian officials, some of them within the Kremlin, discussing contacts with Trump associates."

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