Trump Calls New Revelations Of Informant ‘Bigger Than Watergate’

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: President Donald J. Trump listens to President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Washington... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: President Donald J. Trump listens to President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said a new report that an unidentified government official met several times with two Trump campaign officials in 2016 could make the Russia investigation “bigger than Watergate!”

That tweet came just minutes after Trump tweeted congratulating America for being in “the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History,” using his exasperated pet name for the probe into the Trump campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 election.

While Trump cited former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy — who was interviewed on “Fox and Friends” Thursday morning — in his tweet, the New York Times reported Wednesday afternoon that “at least one” government informant met with Trump campaign national security advisers Carter Page and George Papadopolous several times during the 2016 campaign.

The meetings were reportedly part of the FBI’s efforts to determine whether Trump’s campaign was colluding with Russia ahead of the election, according to the Times.

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