Russia Says Trump Needs Its Permission To Release Call Transcripts With Putin

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - NOVEMBER,30 (RUSSIA OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump (R) looks on Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during the welcoming ceremony prior to the G20 Summit's Plenary Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November,30,2018. U.S.Preisident Donald Trump has cancelled his meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Argentina planned on Saturday. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Image
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at U.S. President Donald Trump during the welcoming ceremony prior to the G20 Summit's Plenary Meeting on November 30, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri Peskov, said on Monday that President Donald Trump would need the Kremlin’s permission if he ever wanted to release records of his calls with Putin.

According to the Associated Press and Reuters, Peskov told reporters the Russian government will “consider” allowing the call transcripts to be released “if we receive some signals from the U.S.”

“Of course their publication is to some extent only possible by mutual agreement of the parties,” the official said. “This is a certain diplomatic practice.”

“To be more specific, perhaps, diplomatic practice in general does not envisage their publication,” he added.

House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry against Trump have indicated they intend to examine Trump’s communications with foreign leaders after the White House released a memo on Trump’s call with Ukraine revealing he had tried to pressure the Ukrainian president to dig up dirt on Joe Biden.

CNN reported that White House officials had also restricted access to records of Trump’s calls with Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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  1. Doesn’t usually work that way, but I imagine Donnie needs Vlad’s permission to go to the bathroom.

  2. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    I would say that the USA doesn’t take orders from Russia, but we know that Donnie and the Trumpsters do.

    Putin is trying to give Donnie cover for refusing to produce the transcripts to the Intel Committee

  3. And here’s Vlad, trying to throw Trump a lifeline…or more likely cover up whatever dirty laundry was revealed in the calls with Russia. You can bet that there is something in there, and Putin doesn’t want any of his dirty deeds spread publicly. Too bad for Putin that Congress doesn’t have to pay attention to him, it will put the transcripts out if it’s necessary to make the case…I’d expect them to only put out the necessary bits and nothing classified, but that will still probably be enough to make Putin sad.

  4. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri Peskov, said on Monday that President Donald Trump would need the Kremlin’s permission if he ever wanted to release records of his calls with Putin.
    Permission? From You?
    Sorry, Not Today Motherfucker
    We’re going to out you now we know they exist
    You and Trump are going down
    You thought the last sanctions were bad , wait until Trump is gone

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