Mark Meadows: Trump ‘tasked me’ with getting more Russia investigation declassifications

Published October 5, 2020 7:37pm ET



White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said President Trump is pushing for further declassifications of intelligence documents related to the Russia investigation even while he is recovering from the coronavirus at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Trump has been at the hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, since Friday and plans to head back to the White House in the evening on Monday, but his multi-day stay hasn’t stopped him from taking an interest in records that have been pursued by Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, the top White House aide indicated during a Monday morning appearance on Fox and Friends on Monday.

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