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    The communication records, which date from 15 April to 31 July of 2017, include who called who and when, and how long the call lasted, but do not relay what was said on the calls. The records were obtained under a court order at a time when the reporters were looking into intelligence intercepts indicating that soon-to-be attorney general Jeff Sessions had discussed the Trump campaign with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
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    A month after the records’ subpoena expired, Sessions held a news conference in which called on government leakers to curb the practice. Noting that leak investigations had tripled in number since the Obama administration, [President Trump] declared: “This culture of leaking must stop.”
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