TRUMP: 'I wanted to share with Russia'
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"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," Trump tweeted. "Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism."
Current and former anonymous US officials told The Post that Trump's disclosures to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak jeopardized a key source of intelligence about the Islamic State terror group, as the source had not given the US permission to share the intelligence with Russia.
Trump "revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies," one official told The Post.
White House officials Monday night pushed back against the report, with Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell saying bluntly the "story is false."
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