Jennifer Rubin, "Inquiry puts cloud over Trump associates," Wash. Post: "The new information screams out for an independent commission, if not an independent prosecutor, to oversee and report on the findings of the investigation. The prospect that close Trump associates, the incoming attorney general for example, could have power to influence the investigation raises enormous concerns about conflicts of interest." http://wpo.st/EU6T2.

See also:

- Guardian, "US intelligence investigating Russian links of leading Trump associates" | https://goo.gl/SV0RUH

- NYT, "For Trump, three decades of chasing deals in Russia" | https://nyti.ms/2jAmEjS

- Politico, "The mystery of Trump's man in Moscow" | https://politi.co/2crBN

- Guardian, "Donald Trump and Russia" | https://goo.gl/QolbcX