Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Israeli officials mum on reports Trump shared Israeli intelligence with Russia
According to the New York Times “a current and a former American official familiar with how the United States obtained the information” says Israel was the source of the information shared by US President Donald Trump with Russia.
Israeli officials remain quiet on the reports.
“Israel has full confidence in our intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States and looks forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead under President Trump,” Israeli ambassador to the US Ron Dermer told the Times in a statement.
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