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womanofthehills

(8,751 posts)
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:15 PM May 2017

Trump denies collusion with Russia but says he 'speaks for himself'

(So Trump must know what evidence they have on Flynn, Manafort, etc. but doesn't know yet what they have on him)


Donald Trump denied any collusion with Russia in the 2016 election but said on Thursday he spoke “for myself”, leaving open for the first time the possibility that some of his staff may have been involved.

The president claimed he was the target of the “greatest witch hunt” in US political history and complained that the campaign against him was dividing the country. But asked about the justice department decision to appoint a special counsel, Robert Mueller, to investigate contacts between his campaign and Russia, Trump appeared to shift his position from previous blanket denials.
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“I respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. There is no collusion – certainly myself and my campaign – but I can always speak for myself and the Russians – zero,” he said at a joint press conference with the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/18/trump-strays-white-house-message-mueller-witch-hunt
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Trump denies collusion with Russia but says he 'speaks for himself' (Original Post) womanofthehills May 2017 OP
a true patriot FF45 is... Thomas Hurt May 2017 #1
What a Trump. C_U_L8R May 2017 #2

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
1. a true patriot FF45 is...
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:21 PM
May 2017

He knows Russia wasn't colluding anyone here, but the 15 plus intell agencies, the FBI, the media are all lying about any kind of connection much less collusion. Its a hoax!

The Russians are such a nice people and gov't. The Americans are lying SOBs out to get him.

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