White House Denies Trump Shared Classified Intelligence With Russia

President Donald Trump reportedly revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting, according to The Washington Post.

Three White House officials who were at the May 10th meeting strongly denounced the story, saying no intelligence sources and methods were discussed, but they did not deny that classified information was disclosed.

Citing current and former US officials, the newspaper said Mr Trump shared details about a terror threat from so-called Islamic State related to the use of laptop computers on aircraft with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak.

The anonymous officials said that the information Mr Trump relayed during the Oval Office meeting had been provided by a US partner through an intelligence-sharing arrangement.

They said it was considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the US government.

HR McMaster, Mr Trump's national security adviser, told reporters outside the White House late on Monday:

"I was in the room, it didn't happen."