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Trump took to Twitter this morning to reprimand the FBI:

Why this matters: Last night, CNN published a story on Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, asking the FBI to talk to reporters and shoot down Russia stories. The FBI refused.

Trump attacks FBI on leakers

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<p>Trump took to Twitter this morning to reprimand the FBI:</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-vars-category="rich" data-vars-sub-category="undefined-embed" data-vars-content-id="be48ea08-609d-41a8-b0d8-c43f0a35d1ae"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/835104946034991106"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-vars-category="rich" data-vars-sub-category="undefined-embed" data-vars-content-id="be48ea08-609d-41a8-b0d8-c43f0a35d1ae"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/835106143462703104"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Why this matters: </strong>Last night, CNN published a story on Trump&#x27;s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, asking the FBI to talk to reporters and shoot down Russia stories. <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The FBI refused" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/priebus-asked-fbi-to-shoot-down-russia-stories-fbi-said-no-1513300600-005ac8d2-5e1c-4f73-aebf-a3865a70f7cf.html" data-vars-content-id="be48ea08-609d-41a8-b0d8-c43f0a35d1ae" data-vars-headline="Trump attacks FBI on leakers" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/priebus-asked-fbi-to-shoot-down-russia-stories-fbi-said-no-1513300600-005ac8d2-5e1c-4f73-aebf-a3865a70f7cf.html" target="_self">The FBI refused</a>.</p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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Trump attacks FBI on leakers

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