Ohio Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown may sit on different sides of the aisle but they both believe that the White House should share with the Senate Intelligence Committee all materials related to President Trump’s meeting with Russian leaders in the Oval Office and what was or wasn’t said.
This is after the Washington Post reported the president shared with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador classified information so sensitive that not even our allies had access to it.
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“Serious questions have been raised,” Portman said in a statement to News 5. “If these reports are true, I am concerned about the potential consequences of providing highly classified information to Russia—especially intelligence provided to us in confidence by an ally.
“We need answers from the White House about what exactly happened in that meeting and I believe the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee should fully review the matter and conduct the appropriate oversight,” he said.
Senator Brown echoed the same concerns regarding the meeting that has the potential to put Americans at risk.
“If our allies question whether they can trust the President of the United States, we won’t get access to critical information we need to keep Americans safe,” Brown said.
“While we still need to learn more, even the suggestion that the President of the United States may have shared classified information with Russia puts our national security at risk by threatening our ability to work with key partners in the global fight against terrorism.”
Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur called the president “dangerously careless” in his actions, “I just find him completely unhinged,” she said. "It seems he puts American lives at risk globally every time he opens his mouth,” she said.
“His behavior to me as leader of the free world to me is dangerous, it’s reckless and it is causing harm.” “I don't remember a president who did anything like that, he is so immature in his global understanding."
Beyond what was or wasn’t said in the White House Kaptur questioned the wisdom of letting not just the Russian leaders in the Oval Office but the Russian press.
“They take digital equipment in there with them, I don’t even know how many people went in there, I don’t know the backgrounds of the people who had the equipment but believe me the Russians… they left the office, the Oval Office with more than they went in with just know that,” Kaptur said.
News 5 reached out for the reaction to the offices of Republican Congressman Dave Joyce, Jim Renacci, Bob Gibbs and Jim Jordan. Only Renacci’s responded to say that he makes his decisions on hard evidence and facts and would not be responding to speculation.
