By Erik Ortiz, NBC News:
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said members of Congress’ intelligence committees have begun an investigation into the alleged communications between members of the Trump team and Russian officials during the presidential campaign.
“We need to get answers. We need to make sure that nothing happened that shouldn’t have happened as we go forward,” Ryan told TODAY’s Matt Lauer in an exclusive interview, ahead of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
Ryan didn’t directly say whether a special prosecutor should investigate the alleged ties between the Russian government and members of Trump’s team, and whether the White House had tried to influence reporting about any communications.
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