Democrats Demand Transcripts of Trump’s Meeting With Russian Officials

Democrats are now asking for a transcript of Donald Trump’s recent meeting with Russian officials. They hope to use it to facilitate their ill-conceived investigation into Trump’s dealings with the Kremlin.

A growing number of Democrats have called on President Trump to release a transcript of his recent meeting in the Oval Office with two Russian officials when he reportedly revealed classified information.

A report in the Washington Post Monday that said the president disclosed information about a terrorist threat from the Islamic State in a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. This drew concern and outcry from Capitol Hill, and now several Democratic lawmakers are demanding the White House release a transcript of the meeting — if one exists.

On Tuesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer said that “if there’s nothing to hide” then a transcript should be released.

“Until the administration fully explains the facts of this case, the American people will rightly doubt if their president can handle our nation’s most closely kept secrets,” Schumer said.

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, on the other hand, says that a leaked or released transcripts of White House conversations would risk national security secrets.

President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster criticized the intelligence community for leaking information about the president’s communications with the Russians.

“I think national security is put at risk by this leak and by leaks like this,” he said. “And there are a number of instances where this has occurred and I think it’s important to investigate these sort of things.”

McMaster defended the president’s decision to share intelligence about Islamic State terrorists with Russian diplomats during a meeting in the Oval Office last week.

Despite growing Democratic and media hysteria over the leaked information about Trump’s decision, McMaster reassured Americans that it was “wholly appropriate.”

Considering how leak-happy D.C. has gotten in the past several months, there’s little doubt that any release would become quickly become public. It’s a risk McMaster looks hopeful to avoid.

UPDATE: Putin has now stepped forward to reveal that he has the transcripts of the meeting that will inevitably prove that President Trump did not reveal highly classified information. No doubt that a revealing of the transcripts would be done in a manner that would protect the nation’s security.

Source: Daily Caller, Breitbart