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US President Donald Trump hid details of his conversations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Washington Post has reported.
The Washington Post report, published on Sunday, comes two days after the New York Times disclosed that the FBI had opened an investigation into Trump’s relations with Russia.
Citing current and former officials in the White House, the Washington Post reported that Trump asked a translator – present in a meeting between him and Putin – not to disclose or discuss details of his conversation with the Russian president. According to the newspaper, the meeting with Putin took place in Hamburg in July 2017, which was also attended by the then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
US officials were made aware of Trump concealing the notes when a White House adviser and a senior State Department official sought information from the translator other than information Tillerson had shared, the Washington Post reported. The Trump administration rejected the report, saying Tillerson in 2017 “gave a fulsome readout of the meeting immediately afterwards to other US officials in a private setting, as well as a readout to the press”.
On Friday, the New York Times published an article stating that federal law enforcement officials were so concerned about Trump’s behaviour in the days after he fired James Comey from the FBI that they opened an investigation into whether he had been working for Russia against the interests of the United States.
The New York Times report cited unnamed former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.
US officials were made aware of Trump concealing the notes when a White House adviser and a senior State Department official sought information from the translator other than information Tillerson had shared, the Washington Post reported. The Trump administration rejected the report, saying Tillerson in 2017 “gave a fulsome readout of the meeting immediately afterwards to other US officials in a private setting, as well as a readout to the press”.
On Friday, the New York Times published an article stating that federal law enforcement officials were so concerned about Trump’s behaviour in the days after he fired James Comey from the FBI that they opened an investigation into whether he had been working for Russia against the interests of the United States.
The New York Times report cited unnamed former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.
