Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations

Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations

By Annie Grayer, Alayna Treene, Melanie Zanona and Kristen Holmes, CNN Donald Trump continues to wield enormous power on Capitol Hill as House Republicans seek to curry favor with the former president, pursuing his fixations through their investigations and routinely updating him and his closest advisers on their progress. A number of top House GOP lawmakers have disclosed in recent days their efforts to keep the former president informed on the…

Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations

By Annie Grayer, Alayna Treene, Melanie Zanona and Kristen Holmes, CNN Donald Trump continues to wield enormous power on Capitol Hill as House Republicans seek to curry favor with the former president, pursuing his fixations through their investigations and routinely updating him and his closest advisers on their progress. A number of top House GOP lawmakers have disclosed in recent days their efforts to keep the former president informed on the…

Inside the backchannel communications keeping Donald Trump in the loop on Republican investigations

Donald Trump continues to wield enormous power on Capitol Hill as House Republicans seek to curry favor with the former president, pursuing his fixations through their investigations and routinely updating him and his closest advisers on their progress.