White House aides divided over scope, risks of Russia probe

Washington • Six months into a special counsel's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, White House aides and others in President Donald Trump's close orbit are increasingly divided in their assessments of the expanding probe and how worried administration officials and campaign aides should be about their potential legal peril, according to numerous people familiar with the debate.Some in the West Wing avoid the mere mention of Russia or the investigation