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Republicans differ with Trump on whether memo undercuts Russia probe

U.S President Donald Trump steps up war against FBI, Democrats over leaked memo. [Photo: Courtesy]

Several Republican lawmakers disagreed on Sunday with President Donald Trump’s assertion that a memo released last week by the House Intelligence Committee vindicated him in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Tweeting from his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, Trump called Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of election interference a “witch hunt” and a “disgrace” and said the memo “totally vindicates” him.

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