Donald Trump: No Proof That Putin Kills Journalists

Donald Trump: No Proof That Putin Kills Journalists

by Casey Quinlan at Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/20/3734115/trump-defends-putin-killed-journalists/

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On ABC’s This Week, GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump dismissed reports of reporters killed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime as unproven.

“They are allegations. Yeah sure there are allegations. I’ve read those allegations over the years. But nobody’s proven that he’s killed anybody, as far as I’m concerned. He hasn’t killed reporters that’s been proven,” Trump told host George Stephanopoulos.

Trump conceded that if the allegations were true, he would “think that that’s terrible,” but added, “this isn’t like somebody that stood with the gun and taken the blame or admitted that he’s killed. He’s always denied it. He’s never been proven that he’s killed anybody. You’re supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, at least in our country. ”

Trump asked Stephanopoulos, “Do you know the names of reporters that he’s killed?”



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