Donald Trump has strongly denied the stunning claim that he was secretly working on behalf of Russia and again threatened to declare a national emergency to fund a border wall. Trump said the story, which claimed the investigation opened after Trump fired the FBI director James Comey in May 2017, was “the most insulting article ever written”. Citing anonymous sources, the Times said the investigation was part counterintelligence, to determine whether Trump was knowingly or unknowingly working for Moscow and posed a threat to national security. The president again called Comey a “liar” and claimed the entire Russia investigation was a “terrible hoax”. FBI reportedly opened inquiry into whether Trump was working for Russia Read more“Everybody knows it.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2019 19:07 UTC