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Putin Ready To Give Congress Transcript Of Trump-Lavrov Conversation To Prove No Secrets Were Revealed

17-5-2017 < SGT Report 40 237 words
 

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from Zero Hedge:


“If the US administration deems it possible, we are ready to provide the Senate and Congress with the transcript of the conversation between Lavrov and Trump,” Putin said at a press conference on Wednesday.


As the quest to unearth just what Trump told Russian foreign minister Lavrov continued, an unexpected development emerged on Wednesday morning, when none other than Russian president Vladimir Putin said that Trump did not share any classified information or state secrets to foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, and to prove it he was ready to hand over a transcript of the talks between Putin and Lavrov to Congress if the White House requests it.




“If the US administration deems it possible, we are ready to provide the Senate and Congress with the transcript of the conversation between Lavrov and Trump,” Putin said at a press conference, following a meeting with the Italian prime minister on Wednesday.


While initially Reuters reported that Putin was ready to give a “recording” of the conversation, a subsequent clarification by Reuters quoted a Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov who says “Putin is prepared to provide a transcript, not audio recording, of Trump and Lavrov meeting.” Arguably, that’s because the last thing the White House needs right now is someone else recording conversations.


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