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Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the idea that Moscow had damning information he could use to blackmail President Trump was "a load of nonsense," in an interview that aired Sunday night. "I never met with him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hardly spoke to former national security adviser Michael Flynn during a 2015 dinner in Moscow. The dinner - where the two men were seated next to each other - celebrated Russian state media outlet Russia Today .
Vladimir Putin on Dinner With Michael Flynn: 'I Didn't Even Really Talk to Him' - Michael who? - Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that he had limited personal interaction with former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, when asked by NBC's Megyn Kelly in an exclusive interview
'He was warm, extremely polite': Megyn Kelly tells how Putin was surprisingly friendly while he hosted her at the Kremlin - then turned on his icy persona for the cameras Megyn Kelly described Vladimir Putin as a 'warm' and 'personable' host after her she flew to Moscow to interview the Russian president. The former Fox anchor, whose new show Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly debuts on NBC tonight, said that the notoriously difficult and intimidating Russian leader was 'a different man' off camera.
When Russian officials and analysts here in Moscow talk about the U.S. investigation of their alleged hacking of the 2016 campaign, two themes predominate: They're flattered that their country is seen as such a powerful threat, and also amazed that America is so preoccupied with the scandal. This is the official line, to be sure, but it was also expressed by several critics of the regime I interviewed this week.
The Washington Post reports: "The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Maryland's Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscow's interference in the 2016 presidential election."
Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to suggest Thursday that "patriotic hackers" may have meddled in the US election, but insisted that none of their potential activities were state-backed. It's the first time the Russian leader has conceded that any election-related hacking attacks may have emanated from his country.
Russian president Vladimir Putin, speaking on-stage with Megyn Kelly, compared accusations that Russia hacked the United States' 2016 election to anti-Semitism. Putin criticized U.S. intelligence reports that concluded Russia interfered in the election as having "no specific evidence, no facts, just assumptions, allegations, and conclusions based on the allegations, nothing more," he said .
Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to suggest Thursday that "patriotic hackers" may have meddled in the US election, but insisted that none of their potential activities were state-backed. It's the first time the Russian leader has conceded that any election-related hacking attacks may have emanated from his country.
The White House and a Russian state-owned bank have very different explanations for why the bank's chief executive and Jared Kushner held a secret meeting during the presidential transition in December. The bank maintained this week that the session was held as part of a new business strategy and was conducted with Kushner in his role as the head of his family's real estate business.
During a cruise to Norway last week, I met several Dutch people and they all had the same question: what in the world is going on in America? It's a legitimate question.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it would not take any action over thousands of complaints about a crude joke that late-night television host Stephen Colbert told about U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin. The oral sex joke was bleeped before the airing of the May 1 episode of CBS Corp's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," FCC spokesman Neil Grace said the agency had reviewed the complaints and "concluded that there was nothing actionable under the FCC's rules."
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law in the country's south for 60 days after an attack by Muslim extremists allied with the Islamic State group. Mr Duterte has cut short his trip to Moscow - where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin - to return home and deal with the developing situation.
Interviewed as part of the clearance renewal process, Flynn said all of his foreign trips as a private citizen "were funded by U.S. companies", according to excerpts of a March 14, 2016, report compiled by security clearance investigators. Mark Warner , the top Democrat on the panel, told reporters they did not believe Flynn could seek Fifth Amendment protections in regard to the documents they requested, and were seeking a firm answer.
Former CIA Director John Brennan said Tuesday he personally warned Russia last summer against interfering in the U.S. presidential campaign, telling the Russians that continued meddling would backfire and prevent any warming of relations after the election. The former CIA chief also told the House intelligence committee that he had become so concerned about Russian interference - and contacts between Americans "involved" with the Trump campaign and the Russians - that he convened a group of officials from the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency in late July to focus exclusively on the issue.
As evidence that Donald Trump has been trying to obstruct investigations into his involvement in Russian attacks against the United States in 2016 continues to grow, the Russian government is spreading a conspiracy theory designed to perpetuate Trump supporters' faith in their stumbling leader. A couple of days ago, the Russian Embassy in London spread a message on Twitter showing a blood-red image of Hillary Clinton's face in the background of a picture of Seth Rich, with the question, "Who killed Seth Rich?" Accompanying this image was this message from the Russian government: "Seth Rich murdered in the U.S., but MSM was so busy accusing Russian hackers to take notice."
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in rebuffing a subpoena Monday in the investigation into Russia's election meddling. Then a top House Democrat cited new evidence he said appeared to show Flynn lied on a security clearance background check.
A new letter from the leading Democrat on the House oversight committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, reveals new information about former national security adviser Michael Flynn and what he told investigators about his ties to foreign governments when he was interviewed about his security clearance. According to the Report of Investigation, which Cummings refers to in his letter to committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, Flynn made false statements to investigators about who funded his foreign trips, including a 2015 trip to Russia where Flynn was paid roughly $45,000 to speak at an event in Moscow .
Breitbart reports that a high-profile Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, has admitted she has not seen any evidence of ties between Republican POTUS Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's Russia. Feinstein states that if evidence is going to emerge it will come from special counsel Robert Mueller, who heads one of five groups currently investigating Donald Trump.
Are We Nearing Civil War? By Patrick J. Buchanan Tuesday - June 13, 2017 President Trump may be chief of state, head of government and commander in chief, but his administration is shot through with disloyalists plotting to bring him down. We are approaching something of a civil war where the capital city seeks the overthrow of the sovereign and its own restoration.