The U.S. extracted a high-level covert source close to the Kremlin from Russia in 2017, in part over concerns that President Trump’s handling of classified information might put the asset at risk, per a new report.

But the Trump administration promptly pushed back against the claim that the Russian source was pulled out of the country over fears that Trump might be putting him at risk.

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