Trump asked intelligence agencies to push back against Comey's Russia investigation

The Washington Post revealed that after Donald Trump learned about the fact that James Comey was investigating collusion of his campaign with Russia, Trump told the intelligence agencies to push back against Comey's investigation.

President Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign and the Russian government, according to current and former officials.

Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election.

But guess what? The intelligence agencies refused to comply with Trump's request.

The next day, by the way, the intelligence agencies declined to comment about the allegation of Trump's pushback. Which basically means it did happen.

Just now: DNI Dan Coats declines to comment on @washingtonpost report that Trump asked him to push back on Russia probe publicly

— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) May 23, 2017