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Donald Trump criticizes Senate intelligence committee for not looking into ‘Fake News Networks’

U.S. President Donald Trump during a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on Sept. 26, 2017. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is criticizing the Senate intelligence committee over its investigation into possible collusion between Russia and associates of the Trump campaign.

Trump says on Twitter Thursday: “Why Isn’t the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!”

 

WATCH: White House says Trump wants news ‘more fair, more accurate’

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Leaders of the committee said Wednesday they have not determined, roughly nine months into their investigation, whether Russia co-ordinated with the Trump campaign to try to sway the 2016 presidential election.

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READ MORE: Senate intel committee says Trump-Russia probe remains ongoing

The Republican committee chairman is North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr. Burr says the committee has interviewed more than 100 witnesses as part of its investigation and that more work still needs to be done.

Burr says: “The issue of collusion is still open.”

 

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