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Democratic, GOP leaders to get classified Russia probe briefing

AP

House and Senate lawmakers from both parties are set to meet with top Intelligence officials Thursday as President Donald Trump raises new suspicions about the federal investigation into his 2016 campaign.

Trump is calling his newest attempt at discrediting special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation “spygate.”

In recent days, he has been zeroing in on — and at times embellishing — reports that a longtime US Government informant approached members of his campaign during the 2016 presidential election in a possible bid to glean intelligence on Russian efforts to sway the election.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted that the FBI had been caught in a “major SPY scandal.”