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Headline Roundup February 18th, 2018

Trump Tweets About Russian Election Interference

Summary from the AllSides News Team

After National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster called the evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election "incontrovertible", President Trump tweeted that Moscow is "laughing their asses off" at the "chaos" they have created in the U.S.

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Trump claims he never said Russia didn't meddle in the election
Trump claims he never said Russia didn't meddle in the election

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President Trump claimed he never said Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election, and that when he called the Russia investigation a hoax he was only referring to the charge that his campaign colluded with the Kremlin.

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โ€˜They are laughing their asses off in Moscowโ€™: Trump takes on the FBI, Russia probe and 2016 election
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President Trump questioned the intensifying special counsel investigation of his 2016 campaign and his administration while attacking his own national security adviser, the FBI, Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama, Democrats in Congress, CNN and others in a remarkable nine-hour span of tweets that included profanity and misspellings.

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Trump Chides McMaster For Saying Evidence Of Russian Interference 'Incontrovertible'
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President Trump chided his national security adviser on Sunday, tweeting H.R. McMaster "forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians."

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