Rep. Adam Schiff: Proposed Trump Tower in Moscow shows Trump was 'dishonest'. The revelation that President Donald Trump 's attorney reached out to the Kremlin for assistance in building a Trump Tower in Moscow well into Trump 's presidential campaign show that the then-candidate misled the

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a reset of relations with the U . S . The Trump administration’s relations with Russia are under great scrutiny as congressional committees and a special counsel probe the Russian interference in the U . S . 2016 election and potential ties between

The revelation that President Donald Trump's attorney reached out to the Kremlin for assistance in building a Trump Tower in Moscow well into Trump's presidential campaign show that the then-candidate misled the public about whether he had business interests in Russia, California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday."The President was dishonest when he said during the campaign that he had no business in Russia, was pursuing no business in Russia," Schiff told Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the Union." He added that the proposed project or any others like it could have spurred the Trump campaign to take a more favorable stance toward Moscow.

BuzzFeed News reported

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a reset of relations with the U.S. in April that would have restored relations to the status quo before Moscow's military interventions in Ukraine and Syria,Tuesday.

The proposal, delivered by a Russian diplomat to the State Department, called for full and immediate normalization of diplomatic, military and intelligence channels, according to the secret document obtained by BuzzFeed.

The proposal detailed steps the two nations would make in order to thaw relations.

Putin says Trump 'not my bride, and I'm not his groom'

Russian President Vladimir Putin has refrained from making any criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Putin dismissed a question whether he was disappointed in Trump as "naive."In comments carried by Russian news agencies, Putin said Trump is "not my bride, and I'm not his groom."Asked how Russia would feel if Trump were impeached, Putin said it would be "absolutely wrong" for Russia to discuss domestic U.S. politics:Russian officials cheered Trump when he was elected last year, and Putin praised him as someone who wanted to improve ties with Russia.

Under Russia ’s current Constitution, Mr. Putin is obligated to step down at the end of his presidential term in 2024. But few in Russia expected him to Mr. Putin initially proposed amendments to the Constitution that covered the intricacies of the authority of the president and the prime minister, while Trump ’s relationship with Putin and his warm views toward Russia , which began in the 1980s when And Trump has surrounded himself with a team of advisers who have had financial ties to Russia . And in the past week, The Post reported that hackers tied to the Russian government had gained

Starting in April, a top Russian cyber official, identified as Andrey Krutskikh, would meet with his U.S. counterpart to discuss "information security," according to the document.

A month later, the two countries would hold "special consultations" to discuss ongoing issues, including the Iran nuclear deal, Ukraine, Afghanistan and North Korea.

President Trump and Putin would reportedly have their first in-person meeting after the top national security leaders from both Russia and the U.S. met face-to-face, including the heads of U.S. agencies like the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Pentagon.

The document also proposed reopening military and diplomatic channels that former President Obama had put in place during his first term in office.

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, its military aggression within Ukraine's border and Putin's support for the Assad regime in Syria put a deep chill on relations between Washington and Moscow.

The Trump administration's relations with Russia are under great scrutiny as congressional committees and a special counsel probe the Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 election and potential ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow.