Putin offers to give transcript of Trump’s White House talk with Russia
Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to give a transcript of White House talks between his foreign minister and Donald Trump to Congress to prove that the US president didn’t give away secrets. "We’re ready to provide a record of [Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov’s discussions with Trump" to the US Congress to prove that no secrets were disclosed "if the American administration would like that, of course", Putin told reporters on Wednesday in Sochi at talks with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Lavrov hasn’t "shared any secrets with me or with representatives of Russian special services" following last week’s meeting in the Oval Office, Putin said. In a series of tweets on Tuesday morning, Trump defended sharing information about Islamic State threats to airline safety with Russian officials during the meeting. National Security Adviser HR McMaster said the president’s disclosures, first reported by the Washington Post, were "wholly appropriate". The Post repo...
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