Politics

As Russia allegations mount, is this the final straw for the GOP?

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker was surrounded by reporters looking for a reaction to President Trump's meeting with Russian officials. J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press

By The Boston Globe

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WASHINGTON — After standing by Donald Trump during the rockiest launch of a presidency in modern times, key Senate Republicans began edging away from him on Tuesday amid new disclosures that he gave top secret intelligence to the Russians, and attempted to tamp down an FBI investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia.

Senate Republicans learned during the day that the president last week shared classified information, reportedly gathered by Israel, with visiting Russian officials.

“Wait a minute. Stop,” said Republican Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, when a reporter told him the latest twist to the White House imbroglio. “Israel shared the information with the president, who then shared the information with Russia?”

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