After a week of returns, Trump highlights a "big hoax" in Russian interference

WASHINGTON – Running a week of drama, stalking, double negative and stormy statements from allies about his attitude towards the interference of Russian elections, the President Trump was back to "a big hoax."

Trump spent days trying to rebadure the country that he accepts the long-time enemy interfered in the 2016 elections after his public disapproval of US intelligence agencies in Helsinki alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin. But Mr Trump once again put a doubt in a tweet on Sunday, diminishing at least the meaning, if not the existence, of the interference and the US inquiry into the actions of Russia [19659002] "President Obama knew Russia before the election". Mr. Trump tweeted . "Why did not he do something about it, why did not he tell us about our campaign, because all this is a big hoax, that's why, and he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win !!! "

It was not immediately clear if Mr. Trump suggested that the whole notion of Russian interference – intelligence agencies Americans unanimously agree that it occurred and that Mr. Trump reluctantly agreed to their badessment in the middle of the storm – was fraudulent, or only the investigation of potential collusion by Mr. Trump

In one way or another, he seemed to be keeping alive a controversy that had separated Mr. Trump from long-standing aides and political supporters and brought some of the most striking reprimands of his tenure. in the Oval Office. The evidence is overwhelming and the president has to say it and do it, "said Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House's Oversight Committee, in an interview with" Fox News Sunday "broadcast a few hours before the tweet. Trump, 196 59002] Two badociates of Mr. Trump, former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn and George Papadopoulos, foreign policy badistant, pleaded guilty last year to the charges brought against him by Mr. Trump. Special advocate Robert Mueller who claimed to have lied to the FBI about their contacts with Russia

.Trump's latest missive comes hours after he baderted without evidence that recently released documents regarding wiretapping from his former Carter Page campaign advisor "confirm with little doubt" that the intelligence agencies misled the court that approved the warrant. stated that the documents did not show wrongdoing and that they even seemed to undermine some of the previous claims of leading Republicans on the basis of the fact. obtaining a warrant against documents. Law on information, show the FBI telling the court that "collaborated and conspired with the Russian government." The agency also told the court that "the FBI believes that Page has been the subject of targeted recruitment by the Russian government."

The documents were part of the public servants' request for a warrant to the secret foreign intelligence monitoring court. on surveillance. Trump tweeted Sunday on the documents: "As usual, they are ridiculously heavily expurgated but confirm with little doubt that the Department of Justice and the FBI have misled the courts … Witch Hunt Rigged , a scam!"

The liberation appears to negate some of the arguments in a memo prepared by the House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Devin Nunes earlier this year. Nunes, R-Calif., And other Republicans had said that Trump's anti-trump investigation into a record prepared by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and paid by Democrats was used inappropriately to obtain the warrant on Page. 19659002] Although the documents confirm that the FBI was based, in part, on information provided by Steele to obtain the original warrant, they also show how the FBI informed the court of its probable motivation.

exposes the FBI's badessment of Steele's history and the likely interest of his support, adding that despite political concerns, the office believed at least part of his report to be " credible".

Democrat Adam Schiff of California, a member of the House's intelligence committee said the documents said "why the FBI was so worried that Carter Page could act as an agent of power foreign. "

"It was a solid request and the renewals signed by In a statement late Sunday, Mr. Nunes said the documents supported his committee's view that" the unaudited information from the Steele file constituted an essential part of the procedure. "all FISA applications on Carter Page. This proves that the FBI used political propaganda to spy on a US citizen during the elections."

Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida also broke up with Mr. Trump, saying that he did not think the FBI had done anything wrong to get

"I have a different point of view on this issue than the President and the White House", said Rubio Sunday on CBS "Face the Nation" "They did not spy on me.I met an individual who has openly praised his ties with Russia and the Russians. "

When "It was asked if the information collected from a FISA court motion was warranted," Rubio said: Margaret Brennan, moderator of "Face the Nation," said the FBI had "Reasons to believe" that Page was a person of interest, given his openness about his contacts with the Russians.

Sunday, Page stated on CNN's "State of the Union": " I have never been the agent of a foreign power . "

In a 2013 letter, Page s was described as an "informal adviser" in the Kremlin, but now he says "it's really turning out" to call a counselor.

Page has not been charged with a crime, but he has been questioned by the FBI and congressional investigators about his ties to Russia. White House officials argued that Page, announced by the president in early 2016 as a foreign policy advisor, played only a minor role in the Trump campaign.

Documents released on Saturday include the FBI's October application This is the first time in over 40 years that the highly secretive court has made public the documents underlying a warrant.