US Senators Seek To Confirm Preservation Of Records From Talks Between Trump, Putin
Fakhir Rizvi Published January 17, 2019 | 05:03 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th January, 2019) US Senators Jack Reed and Bob Menendez sent a letter to the White House requesting confirmation that all records of communication between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are properly preserved.
The letter, sent on Wednesday, comes on the heels of media reports that FBI opened a probe to determine if Trump is working on behalf of Russia.
"We believe it to be in the national security interests of the United States that any record of these conversations be preserved and immediately provided to Congress" the Senators said on Wednesday.
The lawmakers also requested to interview the interpreters present at the meetings between Trump and Putin.
Earlier in the week, media also reported that Trump confiscated his own interpreter's notes and directed the interpreter not to share any information in regards to the meeting with Putin.
"Your insistence on secrecy related to these interactions, even with your own staff, is alarming, unprecedented, and could be in violation of the Presidential Records Act and Federal Records Act," Senators wrote in a letter.
They argued that it is in the interest of the American public to see "what has transpired" in the meetings between the two presidents.
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