President Trump accused U.S. intelligence agencies of “illegally” leaking information to the New York Times and Washington Post on Wednesday following reports that members of his presidential campaign were in contact with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.
Amid a flurry of early morning tweets, Trump likened those leaking the information to the Kremlin.
“Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?),” Trump tweeted. “Just like Russia.”
“The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by ‘intelligence’ like candy,” Trump continued.