caps. if this story is accurate, that means someone leaked the president s briefing papers. leaking some information is likely illegal. john kelly is frustrated and deeply disappointed that the president s briefing notes for the president s call were putin were leaked. president trump s tweeted defense comes as more top republicans on capitol hill are speaking out about the congratulatory call. sfw what he did in ukraine, what he did in the baltics, what he s done in london, poisoning people with nerve gas, that s a criminal activity. i wouldn t have a conversation with a criminal. i m not sure why the president felt like he needed to call and congratulate vladimir putin on what was a fake election. i think most of us don t see that as necessary. vladimir putin is not a friend. vladimir putin is a despite.
the press, but maybe they are leaking because they think it is a national security issue. reporter: right. and this is broken by the washington post, the fact that the president s briefing notes said in caps do not congratulate, he congratulated president putin any way. moments ago the president weighing in on this on twitter. let me read it to you. he called president putin of russia to congratulate him on his election victory. in past obama called him also. the fake news media is crazed because they wanted me to scory ate him. they are wrong. g getting along with russia and others is a good thing, not to unpack. he is right, president obama did call putin in 2011 to congratulate him. he raised eyebrows when he did that as well. the back drop comes in the wake of russia s meddling in the 2016 election and that is why you have this bipartisan criticism of president trump. those who say he should have raised the issue of russia s