washington senior russian intelligence political officials discuss influence donald trump advisers accord information gather american spy last summer new york time report wednesday cite three current former u.s. officials familiar intelligence newspaper say conversations focus paul manafort trump presidential campaign chairman michael flynn retire general advise trump u.s. congressional committees special counsel name justice department month investigate whether russian interference 2016 u.s. election possibility collusion trump campaign russia controversy engulf trump young administration since fire fbi director jam comey two weeks ago amid agency investigation possible russia tie moscow repeatedly deny allegations trump deny collusion new york time report late indication depth concern within u.s. intelligence community russian efforts tip november election toward trump battle democrat hillary clinton may 18 reuters report flynn advisers trump campaign contact russian officials others kremlin tie least 18 call email last seven months 2016 presidential race cite current former u.s. officials tuesday former cia director john brennan tell lawmakers notice contact associate trump campaign russia campaign grow concern moscow seek lure americans treasonous path report new york time say russians boast well know flynn subsequently name trump national security adviser dismiss less month republican take office others discuss leverage tie viktor yanukovych depose president ukraine live exile russia one time work closely manafort dismiss trump campaign newspaper report separately carter page former foreign policy adviser trump presidential campaign tell reuters via text message would testify house intelligence committee still work detail nothing fully confirm stage page write add invite would also testify senate intelligence committee yet receive request abc news first report page plan testimony say would testify house panel june 6. spokesman committee decline comment whether page would testify letter panel see reuters page accuse brennan offer bias viewpoint tuesday testimony wednesday morning top democrat committee say would subpoena flynn probe allege russian meddle presidential election decline appear panel follow subpoena subpoena design maximize chance get information need representative adam schiff tell journalists breakfast sponsor christian science monitor leaders u.s. senate intelligence committee say tuesday would subpoena two flynn businesses decline hand document separate russia probe flynn retire general key witness russia investigations tie moscow fire position white house february less month job fail disclose content talk sergei kislyak russia ambassador unite state mislead vice president mike pence conversations russians discuss influence trump via aid nyt