Donald Trump’s attack on the media seems to be directly linked to federal investigations into the relationship between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government. TYT contributor Ryan Grim reports.

On the morning after the FBI leaked to the press the fact that White House Chief of Reince Priebus asked the FBI to help President Trump with public relations issues surrounding on the Russia scandal, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer prevented some of the nation’s most respected news organizations — all of whom had reported on this — from attending a press gaggle inside the White House.

Articles referenced in this piece:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administr…

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02…

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us…

https://www.boston.com/news/politics/…

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politic…

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/…

https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status…

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