The Hill reports:
President Trump said Monday that he never mentioned Israel during an Oval Office meeting when he disclosed highly classified intelligence to Russian diplomats, which has never been claimed. “I never mentioned the word or the name Israel. Never mentioned during that conversation,” Trump said in Jerusalem during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“They’re all saying I did, so you have another story wrong,” he continued. “Never mentioned the word Israel.” It has not been alleged that the president cited Israel as the source of the intelligence he revealed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office earlier this month.
Trump just said he never mentioned Israel in his meeting w/ Russians.
(That was not the issue—Story never alleged Trump divulged source.) pic.twitter.com/oSi8rQmQe0
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 22, 2017
.@realDonaldTrump w/ Netanyahu just volunteered to press he never mentioned the name Israel to the Russians, confirming Israel was source!
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 22, 2017
So trump just confessed to sharing TS/SAP info with Russia and now inexplicably admits source is Israel by saying "I never said 'Israel.'" https://t.co/K8ZLISLLdV
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 22, 2017
"I never mentioned the word Israel." Netanyahu winces as Trump completes the intel breach he began 2 wks ago. https://t.co/oIEeFl5zkk
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 22, 2017