I don’t understand why President Trump and the Republicans are against an independent investigation.

Our intelligence agencies agree that the Russians interfered in our election. There are suggestions that the Trump campaign may have been aware or perhaps aided in this. But that is far from proven.

We have now learned of multiple contacts between the campaign and the Russians. They may be totally innocent but it looks bad.
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We need a nonpartisan investigation on Russian influence on the presidential election of 2016, the Trump campaign, and President Trump’s administration.   There are so many unknowns but there is highly suggestive evidence for at least the election and campaign.  I think it also reasonable to look into the possibility that this Russian influence may extend into the administration as many of the same individuals are involved.

There is little doubt that Russia intervened in our election in favor of candidate Donald Trump.  There are reports that Trump campaign aides had contacts with Russian intelligence but this is disputed by  President Trump’s administration.  For a good review of the situation see the PBS story which is now a few days old.
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Is it time for an independent investigation on Russian influence in the election and the Trump administration?

According to a story titled Trump administration sought to enlist intelligence officials, key lawmakers to counter Russia stories Which was published a few hours ago in the Washington Post, the Trump administration has tried to compromise the FBI, Senate, and House investigations and succeeded in getting the chairs of the Senate and House committees to speak to the press on their behalf.

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