President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting, one day after dismissing FBI director Comey.
Trump’s admission that his decision to fire Comey was driven by “this Russia thing” was seen by critics as attempted obstruction of justice. Michael Flynn was dismissed as National Security Adviser for lying about his contacts with Kislyak
Trump welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak — a key figure in his Russia scandals — into the Oval Office and revealed to them information considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from U.S. allies, and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government.
After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and the National Security Agency.
U.S. officials said that the National Security Council continues to prepare multi-page briefings for Trump to guide him through conversations with foreign leaders, but that he has insisted that the guidance be distilled to a single page of bullet points — and often ignores those.
A Russian photographer took photos of part of the session that were released by the Russian state-owned Tass news agency. No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting.
President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting, one day after dismissing FBI director Comey.
Trump’s admission that his decision to fire Comey was driven by “this Russia thing” was seen by critics as attempted obstruction of justice. Michael Flynn was dismissed as National Security Adviser for lying about his contacts with Kislyak
Trump welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak — a key figure in his Russia scandals — into the Oval Office and revealed to them information considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from U.S. allies, and tightly restricted even within the U.S. government.
After Trump’s meeting, senior White House officials took steps to contain the damage, placing calls to the CIA and the National Security Agency.
U.S. officials said that the National Security Council continues to prepare multi-page briefings for Trump to guide him through conversations with foreign leaders, but that he has insisted that the guidance be distilled to a single page of bullet points — and often ignores those.
A Russian photographer took photos of part of the session that were released by the Russian state-owned Tass news agency. No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting.