It is widely reported and based on Trumps reaction via twitter i would say the odds are that it true. The reports are detailed with names, etc.

FBI rejects White House request to debunk Russia stories - Business Insider

White House Asked FBI to Refute Trump-Russia Story: Report

FBI refused White House request to knock down recent Trump-Russia stories - CNNPolitics.com

The one that validated it for me is this....

"President Donald Trump, who said he definitely, “1,000 percent” doesn’t have a feud with the C.I.A. or F.B.I., just picked a fight with the intelligence community again. Less than 24 hours after CNN reported that the F.B.I. and its director, James Comey, struck down a White House request to publicly refute media reports about alleged communications between the Trump campaign and known Russian operatives, the president took to Twitter to deride the top law-enforcement agency for apparently leaking the story.

“The FBI is totally unable to stop national security ‘leakers’ that have permeated our government for a long time. They can’t even . . . find the leakers within the FBI itself. Classified information is being given to the media that could have a devastating effect on U.S. FIND NOW,” Trump wrote on Twitter early Friday morning in a series of tweets.

Trump Lashes Out After F.B.I. Refuses to Refute Reports About Russia | Vanity Fair

This is how Trump usually behaves when he is "caught" in anger or as he says "counter punching"

This is also why this will never go away.

I wrote in another thread that Trump, over his many years in public eye has built a stellar reputation as a liar and cheater among other things. He has "made this bed" and he will need to "lie in it" over how ever long he is in office.

His "thing" with the media before politics was...if you blame him for A....he will attack you immediately and accuse you also of A...if A does not fit...he makes something else up. He has done this for years.and this is part of what he does.

i have no idea where this investigation goes, but if memory serves me correct, the only other time this kind of request was ever made was by Richard Nixon. I might be wrong but that is the only time I can recall

Speaking of which while I was looking to see if I could validate the Nixon story, I just was recalled of this....quite an guy to say this...


"Richard Nixon’s former lawyer is accusing President-elect Donald Trump of constantly lying to the American people.

John Dean, who served as White House Counsel to the former president and was directly involved in the Watergate scandal, says he’s troubled by Trump’s lack of knowledge and penchant for lies.

"It is deeply troubling when you realize that the president-elect generally does not know what he is talking about,” Dean tweeted.

“And when he does he lies.”



Nixon's lawyer accuses Trump of lying | TheHill

This investigation is not going away, nor should it.