Trump Slams Report Saying Russia Has Damaging Information On Him

President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday lashed out in a press conference at reports overnight that U.S. intelligence agencies had given him, President Barack Obama, and leaders of House and Senate intelligence committees a highly classified two-page report indicating Russia has compromising and salacious personal and financial information on him.

U.S. agencies, including the FBI, are still investigating the allegations, presented to Trump and Obama by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and NSA Director Mike Rogers as an addendum to last week’s report on Russian hacking of the election. 

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