WASHINGTON ― Evelyn Farkas, who served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia until 2015, blasted White House press secretary Sean Spicer Friday after he peddled a misleading conspiracy theory about her role in gathering information about connections between President Donald Trump and Russia.
Spicer spent much of his Friday press conference repeating a claim that has become popular in conservative circles in recent days: that Farkas “revealed” that the administration of former President Barack Obama was spying on Trump, as the new president has repeatedly claimed without evidence.
A Snopes investigation has already debunked the talking point, noting that Trump supporters appeared to be conflating a Farkas appearance on MSNBC with a New York Times report quoting current officials.
This is a developing story.
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