That seeming bombshell news story about Trump leaking highly-classified information to the Russians? It’s “fake news,” according to multiple sources who were in the room.
The Washington Post had reported last night that President Trump had shared classified information with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov last week—which came from a U.S. ally.
National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster unequivocally denied the story: “The story that came out tonight is false,” he told reporters. ‘At no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed,’ he added. ‘And the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known.’
McMaster elaborated on his denial, adding that “two other senior officials that were present, including the Secretary of State, remembered the meeting the same way and have said so. They’re on-the-record accounts should outweigh those of anonymous sources.”
“I was in the room,” he finished. “It didn’t happen.”