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Donald Trump has dismissed claims that Russian agents gathered compromising and embarrassing information on him as “utter nonsense”.
His defensive statements come in the wake of a document released by Buzzfeed News which alleges deep ties between the President-elect and Russia.
Earlier today, Trump released a series of tweets where he called the allegations a “political witch hunt” before linking to the Polizette website, which is run by conservative broadcaster Laura Ingraham, and carries a story dismissing the claims as unverified.
However, that was not Trump’s only reaction to the news as the President-elect let loose a series of explosive tweets this afternoon.
Russia just said the unverified report paid for by political opponents is "A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION, UTTER NONSENSE." Very unfair!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA – NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
I win an election easily, a great "movement" is verified, and crooked opponents try to belittle our victory with FAKE NEWS. A sorry state!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me.Are we living in Nazi Germany?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 11, 2017
Earlier today, Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, labelled the allegations of Russia’s deep relationship with Trump as “pulp fiction” and said they were a “clear attempt to damage relations”.
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