ejected from as punishment for moscow s interference in the 2016 election. a senior white house official told yahoo news there is no agreement to return the compounds without concessions on moscow s part. but confirmed the administration began exploring changes in russian sanctions. speaking to nbc s megyn kelly at the world economic forum today, russian president vladimir putin rejected that claim. there are reports today in the american press that the trump administration took active steps to ease sanctions on russia almost immediately after trump took office. was this possibility ever discussed between the trump team and your representatives prior to president trump being inaugurated? translator: no. i saw what was happening. to be frank, it was a great surprise. that s just absurd what they re saying. i don t know where these people have come from that distribute this kind of information. my answer is no. no agreements soever
that is not true. trump s tax bill is most certainly not moving along in congress because the white house still hasn t written a tax bill. last month gary cohn and steve mnuchin held a press briefing to hand out this document, a single double spaced sheet of paper consisting of their ideas for tax form. asked about the comment, sean spicer referred to the one-page wish list. what tax bill is he referring to? the i think as you know, secretary mnuchin and director cohn were here a couple weeks ago laying out the broad prince princip principals. they ve had discussions in the house and senate, and i think the reception that the president s initiative has received in both chambers is moving along very well with leadership and rank and file members. in short, there is no tax bill. but this tax talk reminded us of something. we still don t know the answer to this painfully simple question. did the president of the united states file his tax returns this
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it has been 45 days since tax day, 45 days since millions of americans filed their tax returns or officially requested an extension from the irs. here s something really weird. we still don t know whether the president file his tax returns this year or whether he filed for an extension or whether he just did nothing at all on tax day. it s the sort of thing that past white houses have routinely confirmed for decades. we asked this white house last month and expected to hear something like yes, of course, the president filed his taxes or filed an extension, but instead they wouldn t answer. we asked the white house again today, and again they would not answer, again telling us you will need to contact sheri dillon, president trump s tax lawyer. here s the thing, we asked her last month and her law firm refu refused to answer. quote, we have no comment. to be clear, we re not talking about what s in president trump s tax returns.
has intimated they have. this is from the washington post just shortly ago. the republican controlled house intelligence committee asked u.s. spy agencies late last year to reveal the names of u.s. individuals or organizations contained in classified intelligence on russia s meddling in the 2016 election, engaging in the same practice that president trump has accused the obama administration of abusing current and former officials said. what do you make of that? again, chris, the unmasking claims by the president or by chairman nunes have always been a distraction from the russia investigation. unmasking is a standard practice that intelligence officials take when they need to learn more about information they receive. sometimes it s done in the executive branch, and as you saw in the washington post story, sometimes it s done by house committee members that the chairman oversees. he actually has to sign off on those unmasking requests. individually? yes, he does. so he kno