Donald Trump: 'I've never worked for Russia'

US President Donald Trump once again rejected accusations of working for Russia. In recent days, there have been new publications in the American media about Trump's possible connections with Moscow.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Photo: kremlin.ru

“I never worked for Russia,” Trump told reporters in Washington. “I think it’s a disgrace that you’re asking this because it’s a complete lie.”

The issue of relations with the Kremlin also sounded in Trump's interview with Fox News last Saturday, writes Air force. Then the American president called the question offensive.

At the weekend, the Washington Post reported that Trump was hiding the details of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and even took his working notes from a translator from one of the meetings.

Trump denied the accusations and said he "keeps nothing secret." “Anyone could listen to these negotiations. This whole story with Russia is fiction,” the US President said.

What did the FBI investigate?

Last week, the New York Times reported that law enforcement officials were worried about Trump's behavior in May of 2017, when he fired FBI director James Komi.

Then the FBI began an investigation, trying to determine whether Trump consciously worked for Russia and whether he involuntarily got under the influence of Moscow.

Later, the results of this investigation by the FBI resulted in a general investigation into the possible collusion of representatives of the election campaign of Trump with the Kremlin in order to influence the outcome of the presidential election of 2016.

This investigation is being led by special counsel Robert Mueller. He was appointed to the position days after Comey was fired. Trump categorically denies any collusion with Russia and calls Mueller's investigation "the greatest political witch hunt in history."

“I did our country a great service by firing Comey. He's a bad, crooked cop. And he lied,” Trump said Monday.

Russia has also consistently denied interference in the US election.

Photo by: kremlin.ru

"Very successful meeting"

“It was a very, very successful meeting,” the US President said. “We discussed Israel, we talked about the gas pipeline for which Germany is paying so much money.”

So Trump on Monday commented on his meeting with Putin in July 2017, in Hamburg at the G20 summit.

According to the Washington Post, it was after this meeting that Trump took away his working notes from his translator and forbade him to spread the content of the negotiations.

According to ABC News, Democrats in the House of Representatives are considering the possibility of calling in Congress to testify translators who worked with Trump during his meetings with Putin.

The next month in Congress should testify former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who had previously received three years in prison for financial irregularities during the election campaign and fraud.

Commenting in an interview with Fox News on Saturday, Trump said Cohen "better talk about his father-in-law."

Democrats in response warned Trump against interfering with the hearing. Congressmen Elijah Cummings, Adam Schiff and Gerold Nadler issued a joint statement stating that Trump should not try to intimidate or put pressure on his former comrade.

In December, Cohen admitted that he paid money intended for the Trump campaign to silence two women who spoke about their close relationships with the future president. Cohen accused Trump of forcing him to choose the “path of darkness.”

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