A brief history of Trump's tweets on the 'scandal' of classified intelligence leaks

President Donald Trump reportedly shared classifiedinformation withthe Russian officialsduring a meeting at the White House last week, prompting condemnation across the political spectrum ' including a look at his past public statements on others' disclosure of classified intelligence.Both current and former anonymous US officials claimed that Trump had disclosed toRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovand Ambassador Sergey Kislyak sensitive intelligence regarding the Islamic State, according to a report from The Washington Post. The information was originally provided by a US partner who had not given permission to share the material with Russia.The administrationdeflected any reasonfor alarm by maintaining that Trump discussed "a broad range of subjects" with the Russian officials. However, "they did not discuss source, methods, or military operations," US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement.Trump's critics, including several lawmakers, were quick to rebuke the president. Many of them noted that one of the more prominent critics who scorned the sharingof classified intelligence in the past has been none other than Trump himself.Here are seven tweets fromTrump that criticize the leaking of classified information:SEE ALSO:Trump reportedly revealed highly classified information to the Russians last week that the US hasn't even 'shared with our own allies'One of the talking points of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign hinged on the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.Tweet Embed:https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/638512537433149440150 Clinton E-mails still contain classified information. More sensitive when she was Sec.of State. This is a very big deal.In a series of tweets spanning several months, Trump made the public aware of his thoughts on the potential of disclosing classified information.Tweet Embed:https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/750648675186147328Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team "were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information." Not fit!Trump also relied on WikiLeaks, an organization that published Clinton campaign-related emails, for campaign talking points.Tweet Embed:https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/788031447932215300WikiLeaks proves even the Clinton campaign knew Crooked mishandled classified info, but no one gets charged' RIGGED! https://t.co/FgGxDsS0a1See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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