FBI Director: Trump Didn’t Seek Advice Before Tweeting on ZTE

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FBI Director: Trump Didn’t Seek Advice Before Tweeting on ZTE

By Thomas McKinless

Posted May 16, 2018 at 8:15pm

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When asked about President Donald Trump’s tweet about Chinese telecommunications company ZTE, FBI director Christopher Wray said he could not “speak to what anybody else was thinking,” and that he’s “not really a Twitter guy.”

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