President Donald Trump said any alleged ties between his campaign and the Russian government are "fake news." | Getty Trump: Everyone knows Russia allegations are 'fake news'

Hours before FBI Director James Comey is set to testify before Congress on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential elections, President Donald Trump renewed his attacks against those who have accused him of having ties to the Russian government.

“James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia,” the president wrote on Twitter Monday morning, referring to statements made earlier this month by the former director of national intelligence on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “This story is FAKE NEWS and everyone knows it!”


“The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!” Trump wrote in a second post, adding in a third that "the real story that Congress, the FBI and all others should be looking into is the leaking of Classified information. Must find leaker now!"

"What about all of the contact with the Clinton campaign and the Russians?" the president wrote in a fourth post Monday morning, apparently referring to remarks from a Kremlin spokesman who said officials from Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign met with some of the same Russian officials that Trump's did. "Also, is it true that the DNC would not let the FBI in to look?"

Committees in both houses of Congress are currently investigating reported ties between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, connections that both the president and other White House officials have strenuously denied. The House Intelligence Committee, responsible for one of the investigations into Russian interference in last year’s presidential campaign, will hear testimony Monday from Comey.

While no direct proof has yet emerged publicly to tie Trump or his campaign to the Russian government, circumstantial evidence swirling around the president and those close to him have raised significant alarm, especially among Democrats but also a members of the GOP. Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was forced to resign last August after reports uncovered handwritten ledgers earmarking secret cash payments designated for him from a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine, where Manafort worked as a lobbyist.

And already, misleading statements from Trump administration officials about interactions with the Kremlin have proven costly. National security adviser Michael Flynn resigned last month after reports emerged that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and others about the nature of his conversation with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that he had not had any interaction with any Russian government official, was forced to recuse himself from any Justice Department investigation involving the 2016 election when reporters uncovered multiple meetings with Sessions and the Russian ambassador.