WASHINGTON, June 8 (Xinhua ) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing scandals are proving to be a major distraction and taking attention away from the president fulfilling his mandate - to jumpstart the nation's still sluggish economy and beef up U.S. national security.
The White House has been under scrutiny since Trump's election, as accusations swirl that the administration is in bed with Russia. The accusations started just days before November's election, when the website WikiLeaks released hacked emails from then rival Hillary Clinton's campaign that contained highly embarrassing information. Many believe the source of the hacked emails was Russia.
Clinton supporters believed this had allowed Trump to hijack the election, although others maintain that Americans knew who they would vote for months in advance of the election, and that the revelations made no difference in their choice of candidates.
The Trump administration denies being tied to the leak or to Russia in any inappropriate way.
All eyes were on former FBI director James Comey on Thursday as he testified in front of Congress, saying that Trump fired him in a bid to shut down the bureau's investigation into possible collusion with Russia.
This and other scandals have dogged the Trump administration since the president was inaugurated in January of this year.
"All of this has taken Republicans completely off message and distracted them from their policy agenda. It is hard to get legislators to focus on healthcare or tax reform when they constantly are being asked about the latest Russia disclosure," Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Darrell West told Xinhua.
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