Trump allies want Russia investigation documents declassified

By Kelly Cohen

Published September 5, 2018 5:39pm ET

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Trump allies want Russia investigation documents declassified — Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group, walk through Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. With President Donald Trump wanting a legislative solution to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Meadows has said he will put together a working group to craft a conservative immigration plan. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

A handful of President Trump’s congressional allies are getting ready to ask him to declassify documents related to the FBI’s Russia investigation.

Republican Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Matt Gaetz of Florida, and Lee Zeldin of New York plan to ask Trump to declassify portions of the application the FBI submitted to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page in late 2016 after a heavily-redacted version was released in August.

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