Before the beauty contest that Trump was spearheading in Russia, Trump gushingly tweeted “Do you think Putin will be going to The Miss Universe Pageant in November in Moscow – if so, will he become my new best friend?”
(Trump transition team spokesperson Hope Hicks didn’t respond to a request for comment).
In a separate previously reported tape the actor Tom Arnold said he had seen a tape where Trump uses “the n-word” and even calls his own autistic 10 year old son, Barron Trump a “retard.”
On Wednesday Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, testified in front of the SASC and stated under oath that the Kremlin did in fact attack America, rigging a victory for Trump, their chosen candidate as the next POTUS. Clapper told SASC the Russian operation to rig the election was both broad and extensive.
Clapper also warned Trump not to “disparage” the CIA or the report , which now has bi-partisan support from both democrats and republican leaders in the House and Senate.
Today, Trump tweeted the entire affair of the Kremlin attacking the U.S. 2016 election was nothing but a ” political witch hunt.” The President-elect then tweeted again, after weeks of tweets saying that no investigation should be going on all, demanding the investigation should now probe how “top secret intelligence” was “shared with NBC’
“I am asking the chairs of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with NBC prior to me seeing it,” Trump tweeted.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that the forthcoming intelligence report on Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election was a “stunning disclosure .”
The final report is due out sometime today but various news rooms around the country have already received leaked copies.
Update: Intelligence report on Russia’s role in 2016 U.S. Presidential Election released today