Donald Trump: Michael Flynn Russia connection claims 'non-sense'
Donald Trump has derided claims that there are Russian connections within his team as "non-sense" (sic), after his national security adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign over the issue.
Flynn was resigned after reports alleged that he misled Vice President Mike Pence and the American public over the content of his phone conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US.
Flynn spoke with Sergey Kislyak multiple times in December just after the Obama administration introduced new sanctions on Russia.
He had initially claimed that they did not discuss sanctions, but several intelligence sources spoke to The Washington Post and claimed that he suggested that sanctions would be lifted once Trump was in office.
The US president, who often tweets his many grievances with the press, opposition members, and even members of his own party, was responding to other explosive stories about his team's alleged connections to Russians.
The New York Times revealed on Tuesday that members of Trump's campaign team had "repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election".
Trump also accused the "fake news media" of "going crazy" with conspiracy theories, saying that MSNBC and CNN are "unwatchable".
He also said that Crimea was "taken" by Russia during Obama's term, suggesting Obama was "too soft" on Russia.
So far, his stance on Russia is not entirely clear.
He has stayed away from criticising Putin, and he initially refused to accept the findings of intelligence agencies which said Russia interfered with the election.
Yet now his tweets seem to suggest that may change.
He further added that information is being "illegally given" to the New York Times and the Washington Post, "just like Russia".
During the campaign period last year, Trump repeatedly praised WikiLeaks on Twitter for releasing hacked emails passed between Hillary Clinton and her team.