Trump reportedly hid records of his conversations with Putin from his own administration

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• President Donald Trump reportedly hid details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin from his own administration.
• He once took notes from his interpreter and ordered the linguist to stay silent, after a 2017 meeting with Putin in Hamburg, Germany, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.
• US officials told The Post that no detailed records exist of Trump's face-to-face conversations with Putin in five occasions over the last two years.

President Donald Trump has taken pains to hide details of his communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin from his own administration — even going so far as to take notes from his interpreter and order the linguist to stay silent, The Washington Post reported on Saturday.

The Post, citing current and former US officials, said Trump took the interpreter's notes after a 2017 meeting with Putin in Hamburg, which then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also attended.

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