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Top Democrat on Senate Intel Committee: Sally Yates 'is an individual that we’re going to want to talk to'

Sen. Mark Warner, said on Tuesday that former acting Attorney General Sally Yates "is an individual we're going to want to talk to."

Sen. Mark Warner

White House press secretary Sean Spicer strongly pushed back against the report on Tuesday, calling it "100% false."

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"I hope she testifies," Spicer said. "I look forward to it."

The report about Yates has compounded speculation that the White House is trying to interfere in the House Intelligence Committee's Russia probe.

Last week, the committee's chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, traveled to the White House w

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National security experts and White House reporters have argued that it is highly unlikely Nunes could have obtained access to the White House grounds unnoticed, while members of Congress are wondering why Nunes would go around his committee to brief Trump on the documents directly.

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