Trump Says He Misspoke on Russian Election Meddling
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Trump says he meant to say the exact opposite of what he said about Russia’s election meddlingPresident Trump took a hard 180 from comments in his joint press conference Monday with Vladimir Putin where he said he believed Putin's denial of Russian interference in the 2016 election. In a special presser Tuesday, Trump told reporters that he meant to say the opposite of what he'd said just a day earlier.
From the Right
Trump says he misspoke on Russian meddling during press conference, accepts US intel findingsPresident Trump said Tuesday that he misspoke when he seemed to dismiss allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, stating clearly that he accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusions as he sought to quell a bipartisan firestorm over his press conference with Vladimir Putin.
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Trump Reverses Course, Says Russia Meddled in 2016 ElectionA day after questioning the U.S. intelligence community’s findings that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump reversed course on Tuesday, saying he accepted its conclusion.
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