The White House is once again facing a crisis over its links to the Kremlin, after it emerged that Donald Trump met the Russian ambassador during his election run last April. Trump and his aides have previously strongly denied that the president had any contact with Russia during his campaign.Having already seen his first choice for national security adviser resign over his contact with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and his attorney general recuse himself from any investigations into links with Russia, Trump is now directly in the firing line—not because of the meeting itself but because of his repeated denials."Russia is a ruse. I have nothing to do with Russia. Haven't made a phone call to Russia in years. Don't speak to people from Russia," Trump said at a press conference just last month.While not denying that an encounter took place, a White House official called the reports of a scheduled meeting "disingenuous and absurd."Continue reading on VICE News