House intel chair's interference is 2nd GOP pro-Trump ploy

Disgusting that the House Intelligence Committee chair ran down to the White House and in front of cameras to yammer inappropriately about a leak allegedly helpful to Donald Trump, but don't forget this earlier effort by this top GOP official

to try and get Trump out from under the story and an unprecedented FBI criminal and counter-intelligence investigation: 

Priebus request to FBI violated norms, if not rules

...President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus asked senior FBI officials, including Director James Comey, to publicly refute a report about Trump associates’ contacts with Russian intelligence.