washington u.s. president donald trump opt set war room white house serve rapid-response team answer accusations involve investigation campaign tie russia white house official say tuesday rapid-response team official say instead likely function trump outside counsel marc kasowitz white house officials discuss possibility hire former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski spearhead internal war room battle various controversies emanate justice department probe contact trump aid russia exist white house official tell reuters would likely outside white house possible official add white house could beef rapid-response operation retool trump communications effort official say make sense legal standpoint russia war room operation outside white house trump fire jam comey former director federal bureau investigation may amid accusations president try squelch federal probe russia claim comey testify u.s. congress thursday lay detail conversations president russia fire trump call probe witch hunt say collusion campaign russia trump decide russia 'war room white house official