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GOP leaders silent on Trump's Intel stake despite fury on Capitol Hill

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11 months ago

While congressional Republicans wrestled with President Donald Trump’s deal with a major chip manufacturer, Republican leadership in the House and Senate have remained quiet.The White House championed a recent deal to acquire a stake in the American chipmaker Intel, arguing that it was a move to bolster the country’s mission to break free of imports of crucial components in a variety of technologies.But Republicans in the House and Senate struggled with the news, particularly over the Trump administration’s involvement, and ownership stake, in a private company.REPUBLICANS CLASH OVER TRUMP'S I...