The Washington Post report Monday that President Donald Trump shared highly classified information with top Russian officials during a White House meeting last week is "the most serious charge ever made against a sitting president of the United States," Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz said.
Though the leak of information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is not technically illegal since the president can declassify anything he wants, the accusations against Trump, if true, are even more serious than something that is criminal, Dershowitz said Monday on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront."
The accusation is so serious, everything else should be put on the back burner, he argued.
"Let's not minimize it," Dershowitz said. "Comey is in the wastebasket of history. Everything else is off the table."
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told CNN that Trump's actions are a "very, very serious threat to our national security and safety, and expressed hope Republicans and Democrats will unite in favor of an independent investigation.
"Make no mistake, this kind of serious grave threat really requires a national response, putting country above politics," Blumenthal said.
The White House has denied the accusations in The Washington Post report, noting it relies on anonymous sources.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters outside the White House the report as written is "false." Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Deputy National Security Adviser Dina Powell, who were in the room with Trump and McMaster when the statements were supposedly made, also issued statements denying they were true.
Blumenthal called on a "full explanation" from Trump, "not just a flat denial, which is really a non-denial denial that fails to address the details of this story," and anyone found to be in violation of the norms of intelligence should be held accountable.
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