One of Hillary Clinton’s chief aides has surfaced to claim the media ‘sat on’ an error-filled and unverifiable dossier of allegations of Russia having a blackmail tape of Donald Trump.

The election loser’s chief press spokesman used Twitter to suggest the claims were widely known and deliberately suppressed.

Brian Fallon is the closest person to Clinton to weigh in on the purported Russian dossier – although it is unknown if she approved his tweet.

One of Hillary Clinton’s chief aides, Brian Fallon (above with Clinton in October), claims the media ‘sat on’ an unverifiable dossier of allegations of Russia having a blackmail tape of Trump

Fallon used Twitter to suggest the claims were widely known and deliberately suppressed

'Today has brought a gush of reporting that outlets knew about and sat on prior to November 8,' Fallon wrote on Twitter.

He added, in a second tweet: 'I repeat: certain media outlets were told this prior to November 8.'

But while BuzzFeed published the 35-page document in full, most news outlets did not include the specific allegations because they were unable to independently verify them.

CNN said that its journalists had reviewed the dossier, but declined to include some details, as that the network had 'not independently corroborated the specific allegations.'

But while BuzzFeed published the 35-page document in full, most news outlets, including CNN and the New York Times did not publish the allegations, as they were unable to verify them

Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, also defended the decision not to publish, as the document contains 'totally unsubstantiated' information.

'We, like others, investigated the allegations and haven't corroborated them, and we felt we're not in the business of publishing things we can't stand by,' Mr. Baquet said.

The details published by BuzzFeed received skepticism on social media as well, from those who generally oppose the president-elect.

'An anonymous person, claiming to be an ex-British intel agent & working as a Dem oppo researcher, said anonymous people told him things,' tweeted Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who was instrumental in publishing Edward Snowden's leaks about government surveillance.

After BuzzFeed's publication of the memos, some reporters said that they, too, had received copies of the report.

The dossier claims Russian authorities filmed Trump in a Moscow hotel room with two prostitutes who 'defiled a bed' which had previously been used by President Barack Obama

Lawfare, a blog which covers national security issues, said it had been in possession of the document 'for a couple of weeks' but chose not to publish the unproven claims.

'Yes, they are explosive; they are also entirely unsubstantiated, at least to our knowledge, at this stage,' the site posted on Tuesday night.

'For this reason, even now, we are not going to discuss the specific allegations within the document.'

President-elect Trump responded to the allegations on Twitter, writing: 'FAKE NEWS — A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!'

Claims that they were in some way the victims of unfair treatment have been made repeatedly by Clinton aides since she lost the election.

Clinton herself claimed she was the victim of a 'personal beef' held by Vladimir Putin.