The Kremlin yesterday rejected what was reported in a report alleging that Russia was trying to interfere in the electoral process in the United States to tip US President Donald Trump in the upcoming elections due later this year.
The Russian news agency TASS quoted a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying that the allegations were "suspicious."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the report was another "episode in a series of reports of suspicious madness." We regret to say that the number will increase with the approaching elections. Certainly, these (reports) are completely false. ”
The Kremlin's response came after US intelligence officials warned, during a testimony before the House of Representatives, that Russia was interfering in the 2020 election campaign in support of Donald Trump, which angered the president, who then decided to fire the director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, according to media reports.
The Washington Post and The New York Times reported Thursday that Trump was angered by Acting National Intelligence Director Maguire when he learned of the February 13 session before the House Intelligence Committee. Maguire's assistant, Shelby Pearson, was reported to have told lawmakers that Russia was meddling in the US elections for Trump.
Reports stated that Trump complained that Democrats would use this information against him.
Trump was also upset about the presence of Adam Schiff, the Democrat who led the investigation that led to the House’s approval of removing the president on charges of abuse of power and blocking the work of Congress; the session, according to the New York Times.