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Megathread: Trump tweets defense of classified information sharing with Russia
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Megathread: Trump tweets defense of classified information sharing with Russia

Posted: 16 May 2017 05:10 AM PDT

This morning, President Trump tweeted that he had the right to disclose classified information to Russian ambassadors for the purpose of combating ISIS and terrorism, as well as forwarding humanitarian causes. This comes in the wake of a Washington Post story yesterday alleging that President Trump had leaked highly classified information in his meeting with the Russian foreign minister last week.

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