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Trump defends "absolute right" to share info with Russia

2017-05-17 09:00:00       source:Xinhua News Agency

May 17, 2017


"U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that he has "the absolute right" to share certain information with Russia, one night after his top aides strongly denied media reports accusing him of sharing highly classified intelligence with Russian officials in the White House last week.


'As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism,' he said in a pair of tweets Tuesday morning."


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