
Trump Expels ‘Dozens’ Of Russian Intel Officers, Closes Consulate For UK Chemical Attack
President Donald Trump ordering the expulsion of 60 Russian intelligence officers and the shuttering of their consulate in Seattle in response to a recent chemical assassination attempt on U.K. soil, senior administration officials told reporters Monday. The actions are in response to the alleged use of a nerve agent by the Russian government against a Russian dissident living in the United Kingdom, Sergei Skripal.