Swarm of US agencies probe suspected Kremlin-Donald Trump election funding

By Paul McGeough
Updated January 20 2017 - 12:08am, first published January 19 2017 - 11:50pm
What's behind the mask? Donald Trump insists he has no business deals in Russia. Photo: SCMP
What's behind the mask? Donald Trump insists he has no business deals in Russia. Photo: SCMP

Just days before Donald Trump's swearing in as American president, a news report has revealed the remarkable breadth of a joint investigation by no less than six US intelligence agencies of claims that Russia helped the Trump campaign – and of the credibility the agencies attach to information that Trump dismisses as "crap".