President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over criticism the Kentucky Republican has drawn for blocking election security legislation and for the fourth day in a row attacked one of the chairman conducting White House oversight, Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings.

“Mitch McConnell is a man that knows less about Russia — and Russian influence — than even Donald Trump,” the president said. “And I know nothing.”

Those comments came in response to a question about Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank calling McConnell a “Russian agent” in a Friday column. The president dubbed that contention “a disgrace.” (MSNBC host and former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough has repeatedly referred to the GOP leader as “Moscow Mitch.”)

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