Trump commented on reports about contacts with Moscow again talking about the “witch hunt”
Trump commented on reports about contacts with Moscow again talking about the “witch hunt”
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He believes news about his links with Russia fabricated.
The newly elected President of the United States Donald trump called a “witch hunt” information about his ties with Russia.
About this he wrote on Twitter.
FAKE NEWS – A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2017 11 R.
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We will remind that earlier it was reported that the authorities of Russia for five years has supported Donald Trump and collected on his extensive compromising.
Such statements are contained in reports of the former British intelligence agent who, according to CNN, was the basis of the report of US intelligence about existing RF interference in American elections. Reports of a former agent, dated 2015-2016 years, published the American site BuzzFeed.
Moscow promised not to use incriminating evidence against the billionaire with a continuation of the cooperation. Russia leaked information from the US Democratic party, in response to trump, according to reports, tried to ignore “aggression of Russia in Ukraine”.
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We will remind that earlier the Republicans John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Robert Portman, as well as Democrats Ben Cardin and Bob Menendez introduced in the Senate a bill on additional sanctions against Russia due to the Russian cyber attacks and the situation in Ukraine. The proposed sanctions affect individuals and energy complex and the banking system.
As you know, was previously released a joint report of U.S. intelligence, in which they agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was involved in attempts to change the outcome of elections in the United States.
We will remind, in the end of 2016, the US imposed new sanctions against Russia in connection with cyber attacks that affected the election of the President of the United States.
In the list of sanctions – the head of the Main Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces (GRU) Igor Korobov, his deputies Vladimir Alekseev, Sergey Lisunov and Igor Kostyukov, and hackers Bilan, Alexey and Evgeniy Bogachev.
In addition, the US has expelled 35 Russian diplomats and their families. Also, the U.S. government shut down two of the Russian diplomatic mission in new York and Maryland on suspicion of espionage.
Previously, the CIA said that Russia is deliberately carried out attacks during the election race, to help Donald Trump win the election, not in order to undermine the credibility of the electoral process of the country. In the investigation established the identity of those who were closely associated with the Russian government and WikiLeaks leaked thousands of messages of Democrats, including mail to the Chairman of the election campaign of Hillary Clinton.
American intelligence agencies have accused Putin of ordering the hacking attacks
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The purpose of the order – influence on results of elections of the President of the United States. This is stated in the declassified part of the report of the office of the Director of national intelligence. Despite the weekend, it caused a storm in American politics.