Now, I'm going to have to assume the sources "with knowledge of their conversations" weren't actually participating in them, so they're either people who were told the substance of the conversations by either Trump or Hannity, neither one of whom can be believed. It's still quite plausible.Sean Hannity [...] has been hyping the so-called Nunes memo all week, and [...] the president continues to speak [to Hannity] regularly.
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In their conversations, Trump and Hannity discussed the Nunes memo’s supposed bombshell-level significance, and how it could shed light on the alleged anti-Trump bias and “corruption” at the FBI. On these calls, Trump has directly referenced specific recent Hannity segments related to #ReleaseTheMemo, according to one of three sources with knowledge of their conversations.
The Daily Beast
Fox & Friends must have a large secret intelligence budget.Sources, two in the White House and the other an outside adviser, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
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As he has inched closer to publicly releasing the Nunes memo—he has privately said it’s all but a foregone conclusion—cable news and right-wing media have shaped his views on the issue, as they have on many other topics, far more so than the briefings or private intelligence provided by those within his administration, White House officials say.
Or just maybe, it's a circular setup. Trump tells Hannity what to say on air, Hannity says it, and Trump takes it as advice.
Asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” who he talks with consistently about foreign policy, Trump responded, “I’m speaking with myself, number one, because I have a very good brain and I’ve said a lot of things."
Politico, March 2016
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