seen by Russia as a sign of weakness and create far more problems than it solves," Graham said.

"This is an astounding news conference even by Trump standards," said Michael Carpenter, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense. "The President of the United States just questioned publicly the conclusions of the US intelligence community and spread conspiracy theories to excuse Russia's cyber attack on the United States. Treasonous."

John Brennan, the former director of the CIA who has frequently criticized Trump, also suggested Trump's comments constituted treason.

"Donald Trump's press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of 'high crimes & misdemeanors,'" Brennan tweeted. "It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump's comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where areLast updated on .From the section African

Records show that Bakery Jatta signed a professional deal with Hamburg in 2016

The German Football Federation (DFB) has announced that three German clubs have withdrawn their cases over the eligibility of Hamburg's Gambian player Bakery Jatta.

Second division sides Nuremberg, VfL Bochum and Karlsruher SC were all contesting their losses to Hamburg due to questions over Jatta's true identity.

Nurmeburg lodged the first complaint over the true name and age of Jatta.

However the relevant local authority office in the city of Hamburg ruled external-link it could not find a reason to take action under immigration law.

"The district office Hamburg-Mitte has examined the existing and new documents, which were presented in the course of the hearing," District Director Falko Droßmann saiud.

"The doubts raised on the