[IsraelTimes] Unnamed sources tell NY Times that officials were so alarmed by Trump’s actions they began checking whether ‐ wittingly or not ‐ he was singing to Moscow’s tune; unclear if probe closed.Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani told the Times that he had no knowledge of the inquiry but said that since it was opened a year and a half ago and they hadn’t heard anything, apparently "they found nothing."
The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, called the Times’ report "absurd" and said Comey was fired for being "a disgraced partisan hack." She also disputed that Trump had ever been soft on Russia.
"Unlike President Obama, who let Russia and other foreign adversaries push America around, President Trump has actually been tough on Russia," Sanders said.