Trump Alleges Clinton-Russia Ties in New Tweet

In the run-up to FBI Director James Comey‘s testimony on President Donald Trump‘s claims of wiretapping, the president issued a tweet suggesting that the Clinton campaign had contact with the Russian government and that the FBI had tried — but been unable — to investigate the matter with the Democratic National Committee.

What about all of the contact with the Clinton campaign and the Russians? Also, is it true that the DNC would not let the FBI in to look?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2017

The sweeping new broadside came after a flurry of tweets earlier this morning disparaging allegations that his campaign had maintained contact with the Russian government.

Earlier this month, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country’s ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, had met with various Clinton aligned think tanks and advisors to her campaign.

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