‘Fake news and a political witch hunt’: Trump denies claims he was told of Russian blackmail file as Kellyanne doubles down on Seth Meyers saying Donald was ‘NEVER briefed on it’
Donald Trump dismissed the allegations against him as ‘fake news’ on Twitter
‘FAKE NEWS – A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!’ the president-elect tweeted
The furious denial came after it was claimed Russia has a ‘blackmail file’ on him
Allegations were from classified documents presented to president-elect have emerged in reports by CNN and Buzzfeed – including memos given to the FBI
Kellyanne Conway blasted the report, saying it all came from ‘unnamed sources’
She then went on to say the president-elect was ‘never briefed’ on the claims
By Liam Quinn and Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor
DailyMail.com
11 January 2017
Donald Trump has rubbished allegations U.S. intelligence officials provided him with information they believe showed the Russian government had dug up dirt on his political and personal dealings.
U.S. officials included a two-page synopsis of ‘kompromat’ – Russian for compromising material – as part of their security briefing of the president-elect on Friday.
‘FAKE NEWS – A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!’ Trump furiously tweeted shortly before 8:30pm on Tuesday after the story broke.
Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway also hit back against the allegations, attempting to cast doubt on them by saying they came from ‘unnamed sources’, during an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
She then said: ‘I have to say as an American citizen… we should be concerned that intelligence officials leaked to the press but won’t go and tell the president-elect or the President of the United States himself, Mr Obama, what the information is. They would rather go tell the press.’
When Meyers corrected her by pointing out the reports came from briefings last week, Conway said Trump ‘was not aware of it’.
The material was based on memos compiled by a British intelligence operative who was considered ‘credible’ by the U.S. intelligence community, CNN reported.
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