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Trump ends whirlwind foreign trip, returns home to brewing political storms

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Trump ends whirlwind foreign trip, returns home to brewing political storms

US President Donald Trump has ended his whirlwind 9-day foreign trip which saw him visit five countries as he returned home to brewing political storms and festering scandals.

His son-in-law Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser is under investigation by the FBI over his links with Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Kushner is being investigated because of his meetings in December and other possible interactions with the Russian ambassador and a banker from Moscow, a report, citing people familiar with the investigation revealed.

In a related development, Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has been compelled to turn over documents related to his contacts with Russian officials, the Senate Intelligence Committee has announced two new subpoenas against him.

Read also: US Senate orders Trump to hand over campaign documents

The Senate Intelligence Committee also added that Flynn risks being held in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with the requests.

The US Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Russian meddling in U.S. 2016 election, has also ordered Trump’s political organisation to hand over all documents going back the campaign’s launch in June 2015.

According to a report by Washington Post, the Senate Intelligence Committee has ordered through a letter from its panel which arrived at Trump’s campaign committee last week and was addressed to its treasurer, seeking all documents, emails and telephone records.

 

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