Trump blasts intelligence agencies for Flynn leaks
Leading congressional Republicans join calls by Democrats for a deeper look at relationships between President Trump’s team and Russian government officials
Washington — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed the news media and leaks in the US intelligence community for his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s downfall. "He’s been treated very, very unfairly by the media — as I call it, the fake media, in many cases," Trump said on Wednesday in a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. "I think it’s really a sad thing that he’s been treated so badly." Trump asked for — and received — Flynn’s resignation on Monday after the president and Vice-President Mike Pence lost confidence in his credibility because he misled them about a conversation with a Russian envoy, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday. Leading congressional Republicans on Wednesday joined calls by Democrats for a deeper look at relationships between President Trump’s team and Russian government officials, indicating a growing sense of political peril within the party as new reports surfaced of...
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