White House refutes 'false' report Trump shared classified info with Russians

On Monday evening, National Security Advisor McMaster called a report published earlier in the day by the Washington Post “false.”

The report that went viral cited unverifiable sources, unnamed current and former US officials, who claimed that Trump disclosed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak “code-word information” relating to Islamic State during a May 10 meeting in the Oval Office at the White House. The intelligence was reportedly from "a US partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement" and not authorized to be shared with Russia, US allies or even within much of the US government.

“I was in the room. It didn’t happen,” McMaster told reporters outside the White House.

Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell also called the story “false” Monday.

“The president only discussed the common threats that both countries faced," Powell said.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was also at the meeting, denied the allegation.

McMaster told reporters that Trump did discuss civil aviation threats with Lavrov and Kislyak.

The Russian Embassy in DC had no comment on the media claim, according to a representative.

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