“The President must be free to engage in discussions with foreign leaders without fear that those communications will be disclosed and used as fodder for partisan political purposes.”
The Trump administration has rejected a request from several congressional committees for access to documents and interviews regarding the president’s communications with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. The Trump administration has rejected a request from several congressional committees for access to documents and interviews regarding the president’s communications with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
The White House did not respond to Newsweek’s request for additional comment on the request from Congressional committees. House Intelligence Committee ranking member Democratic Representative Adam Schiff speaks with reporters following a news conference on the Trump-Putin Helsinki summit in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, on July 17, 2018. Schiff hired Daniel Goldman as senior adviser and director of investigations into President Donald Trump and Russian collusion. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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