Trump to intelligence: ‘fully cooperate’ with inquiry into Mueller report origins

President steps up effort to ‘investigate the investigators’ amid growing Democratic calls for impeachment

Donald Trump is directing the US intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with attorney general William Barr’s investigation of the origins of the multi-year inquiry into whether Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.

The move marks an escalation in Trump’s efforts to “investigate the investigators”, as he continues to try to undermine the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry amid mounting Democratic calls to bring impeachment proceedings.

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