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Chuck Schumer asks what ‘damaging information’ does Putin hold over Trump

By Laura Barrón-López
Published July 16, 2018 5:19pm ET
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Chuck Schumer asks what ‘damaging information’ does Putin hold over Trump
FILE - In this June 19, 2018 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the budding battle royale over the Supreme Court vacancy, what’s the Democratic sweet spot between satisfying liberal activists’ demands for an all-out fight against President Donald Trump’s pick and protecting senators facing tight re-election races in deeply red states? | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., assailed President Trump Monday for refusing to denounce Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government’s interference in the 2016 elections, asserting that Trump is “putting himself over our country.”

“In the entire history of our country, Americans have never seen a president of the United States support an American adversary the way @realDonaldTrump has supported President Putin,” Schumer tweeted Monday following Trump’s joint press conference with Putin.

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