Trump has now walked back his walk-back on U.S. intelligence and Russia
Six days ago, President Trump held a news conference to walk back comments he made suggesting that he did not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw a plan to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
Let me be totally clear in saying that and Ive said this many times I accept our intelligence communitys conclusion that Russias meddling in the 2016 election took place, Trump said in that statement.
Trump then said he realized, after seeing the backlash to his news conference, that one statement needed clarifying. That's when he offered his now-infamous double-negative defense. In a key sentence in my remarks, I said the word would instead of wouldn't.' .?.?. The sentence should have been, I dont see any reason why it wouldnt be Russia. Sort of a double negative.
Then, in a Monday tweet, he walked back his earlier attempt at a cleanup.
Trump falsely claimed that a dossier by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele was responsible for starting the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. He went on to blast the dossier, calling it fake and dirty before declaring the investigation headed by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III a witch hunt.
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