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The Raterant ad testimony ‘ovradcted CNN report and fred Presiden Trumps seertons {CM corrected ts story one and on the a (on une 22, 2017, CNN, alo cng one anonymous eure reported rtoneousy tat Senate comnites was probing Russian invetnent ud whose leader had tin anny 2017 wth hedge {une founder Anthony Searamue, ih wae then a member of Presdent-elct ramp’ transtion tam That same day, Searammc ‘eats id nthng wrong” in erence ta meeting wt Kil Dray, head ofthe Russian rect nvestment Fund ‘cn retracted he story he nest ay, sayngin an ecto note tat he information accurately, scoring to eportin The Washington Post ‘The network accepted the resignation ofthe thre junit woe inthe tony one of whom headed the investiative tam and apologeed to Scaramuct In cember 2017, he netrk cored a story that meported the ate ofan era he Trump presidental campaign had received, which reported dat, sept 4, 2016 was spare because ocurred before \Wiceaks made the archive public However, the enawar actualy ate Spt 14,2016, one after the documents Were rlssed. 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