FOREIGN POLICY/LEAKS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday [5-17-17] he would be willing to provide the U.S. Congress a record of President Trump’s meeting with top Russian envoys, bringing scoffs on Capitol Hill that the Kremlin could help shed light on the disclosures of reportedly highly classified intelligence.
The provocative offer for the Kremlin to share evidence with U.S. oversight committees about the Oval Office meeting came with the caveat that the request for the transcript would have to come from the Trump administration.
Presenting a transcript is the Kremlin’s latest gambit in denying that Trump shared classified secrets last week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russia’s ambassador to the United States during an Oval Office meeting.”
-Andrew Roth, “Putin offers to provide Congress with details of Trump disclosures to Russian envoys,” The Washington Post online, May 17, 2017 11:23am