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White House Says Trump is Not Target of Any Investigation

HeadlineMar 09, 2017

At the White House, Press Secretary Sean Spicer gave conflicting responses Wednesday to questions about whether Donald Trump might have been wiretapped because he was under investigation.

Reporter: “Sean, is the president the target of a counterintelligence investigation?”

Press Secretary Sean Spicer: “I think that’s what we need to find out.”

But later in Wednesday’s news conference, an aide passed Sean Spicer a note. That prompted this statement from the press secretary

Press Secretary Sean Spicer: “There is no reason that we should—that we have to think that the president is the target of any investigation whatsoever.”

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