May 16, 2017 - Politics & Policy

Trump defends decision to "share with Russia"

President Trump tweeted Tuesday morning defending himself from the Washington Post's report stating Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in an Oval Office meeting last week.

Roughly 30 minutes earlier: The AP reported that a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman denied reports that Trump shared classified information with the Kremlin's senior officials.

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