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French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen was seen at Trump Tower on Thursday, but she declined to say whether she was there to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump, according to a Reuters witness and a media pool report.
An aide to Ms Le Pen, who leads in the latest opinion poll for the presidency, declined to comment on her reason for being in the lobby of the building on Thursday. Ms Le Pen waved off reporters when approached.
At his first press conference, Trump rebuffed the latest report that Russia has compromising information on him, and engaged in a tense stand-off with CNN.
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Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, and other officials outlined the security measures for next week's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
At his first press conference, Trump rebuffed the latest report that Russia has compromising information on him, and engaged in a tense stand-off with CNN.
Donald Trump had no plans to meet with Ms Le Pen, according to an aide to the president-elect, who asked not to be identified without authorisation to speak publicly. Neither is she on Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon's schedule, a person familiar said. Ms Le Pen's campaign chief of staff, David Rachline, said earlier that she was making a private visit to New York.
"It's not on her public agenda," Mr Rachline said in a text message exchange, when asked if she planned a meeting with Mr Trump or officials close to him. "We don't communicate about private visits."
Ms Le Pen is set to launch her official campaign on February 4 in a meeting with supporters in the French city of Lyon. She has repeatedly said she was supportive of Mr Trump's policies for the US and called him "a sign of hope" for European anti-establishment politicians in a press conference this month.
Trump has met on several occasions with Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party, most recently in December.