Russia probe has no impact on my work: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia has had no impact on his work with overseas counterparts, the media reported.

By: IANS | Washington | Published: January 6, 2018 2:20 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gestures during a interview with the Associated Press at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the ongoing investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia has had no impact on his work with overseas counterparts, the media reported.

“It has had no impact,” Tillerson told CNN in an interview on Friday. “I’ll say that it’s had none.”

Tillerson’s statement contradicts President Donald Trump, who told The New York Times last month that the investigation “makes the country look very bad, and it puts the country in a very bad position”.