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Trump & Putin Hold Press Briefing After Summit, July 16, 2018
Final Question from US – Jonathan Lemire from AP
The following question is very confusing because at this point in the briefing Putin has said both that Russia did and did not interfere in the 2016 US Presidential election.
In this clip, a question to President Trump, “just now President Putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016, every US intelligence agency has concluded that Russia did. First question, who do you believe? Second question, would you with the whole world watching, tell Putin, would you denounce what happened in 2016, and would you warn him to never do it again?”
Trump started by talking about Hillary Clinton’s email server. He also said, “I have President Putin, he just said it is not Russia. I will say this; I don’t see any reason why it would be.”
A few words later, “I have great confidence in my intelligence people. President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. And what he did is an incredible offer.” The whole context of Trump's statements was that Trump says Russia did not do it.
This clip is an example of Trump once again refusing to hold Russia accountable for attacking our elections; and supporting the idea of Russians participating in investigating US officials. Trump has repeatedly tried to stop the US investigation into Russian attacks. But Trump is encouraging Russian investigations into US officials.
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Headline: Watch Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's full press conference (CNN)