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Two intelligence chiefs testify that they've never felt pressure to take improper actions. But they decline to say whether President Trump ever asked them to downplay the Russia investigation.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., (right) gavels into order a hearing with the heads of the United States intelligence agencies with and ranking member Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill on May 11. They are holding another hearing on intelligence on Wednesday.

Updated at 12:26 p.m. ET

Two intelligence chiefs testified Wednesday that they've never felt pressured to take improper actions regarding intelligence matters, including the investigation of Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

But the two officials, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and the head of the National Security Agency, Adm. Mike Rogers, declined

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