Trump, who has denied collusion with Moscow, on Wednesday posted a tweet referring to "Slippery James Comey" and said he "was not fired because of the phony Russia investigation." Trump did not elaborate.American intelligence agencies have said Russia interfered in the 2016 election through a campaign of propaganda and hacking in a scheme to sow U.S. discord and help get Trump elected. Two days after dismissing Comey, Trump had explained why he did it in a televised interview with NBC News. "In fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said, 'You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story," he said. He said Republicans have "lost their way" in adopting Trump and becoming "transactional" instead of maintaining conservative values.

Source: dna April 18, 2018 17:37 UTC