Trump tweets Russia collusion claims ‘fake news’
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump yesterday shot down as ‘fake news’ allegations that he worked with Russia, which US intelligence says tried to tilt the US election in Trump’s favor.
His tweet came just as the chiefs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency were to testify before Congress about ties Trump may have with Russia and his shocking claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor, Barack Obama.
Former national intelligence director “James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia. This story is FAKE NEWS and everyone knows it!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
FBI director James Comey and NSA director Mike Rogers will speak publicly for the first time about two issues that have riveted the American public for weeks and further divided the country’s two ever-at- odds political parties. — AFP