White House adviser Kellyanne Conway responded to reports that President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE told aides to pressure the Justice Department to allow an FBI informant to testify before Congress on Friday by saying that Trump wants the truth to be revealed.

Conway told CNN's "New Day" that the informant, who was involved in the FBI probe of corruption in the Russian energy sector during the Obama administration, should be free to speak with Congress, and that Trump was trying to expedite that process.

"He believes, as many others do, frankly, that the FBI informant should be free to say what he knows," Conway said Friday. "We should all be interested in what this person knows."

"It's not unusual for a president to weigh in," she added.

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Trump and Republicans are demanding answers into a 2010 deal authorized by the Obama administration to sell a uranium mining company to Russia's atomic energy agency, Rosatom. The deal was approved by the State Department, run at the time by Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE. Trump has frequently accused Clinton of orchestrating a crooked deal to sell uranium to Russia.

On Friday, Conway targeted Clinton and her campaign for allegedly funding the production of an unverified dossier of allegations about Trump's ties to Russia.

"Now, we are faced with the possibility — and it looks like the very real probability — the DNC [Democratic National Committee] and the Clinton campaign paid a foreign agent for information to try to smear Donald Trump," Conway said.

The FBI released the informant from his confidentiality agreement Wednesday night. Other Republicans including Sen. Chuck Grassley Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGardner signals support for taking up Supreme Court nominee this year Grassley, Ernst pledge to 'evaluate' Trump's Supreme Court nominee McConnell digs in on vow to fill Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat MORE (R-Iowa) have publicly called on the Justice Department to allow the informant to testify.

Fox News first reported that an order to release the former informant from the confidentiality agreement came from Trump himself; however, other sources told the network the decision was ultimately made by senior Justice Department officials.

“As of tonight, the Department of Justice has authorized the informant to disclose to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as one member of each of their staffs, any information or documents he has concerning alleged corruption or bribery involving transactions in the uranium market, including but not limited to anything related to Vadim Mikerin, Rosatom, Tenex, Uranium One, or the Clinton Foundation,” a Justice Department spokeswoman said Thursday.