Rep. Adam Schiff says Congress is determined to get a hold of Trump's calls with Putin and other world leaders

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• US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said on Sunday that Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders. 
• Speaking to NBC's "Meet the Press," Schiff said there is a "paramount need here to protect the national security of the United States" and determine whether Trump jeopardized state security in conversations with other world leaders in order to benefit his reelection campaign. 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee's chairman said on Sunday, citing concerns that the Republican president may have jeopardized national security.

"I think the paramount need here is to protect the national security of the United States and see whether in the conversations with other world leaders - and in particular with Putin - that the president was also undermining our security in a way that he thought would personally benefit his campaign," Democrat Adam Schiff said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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