White House says Trump warned Russian envoy. But did he?
by Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times
Dec 10, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - For three bewildering years, President Donald Trump has flatly dismissed, joked about or simply brushed aside Russia's well-documented intervention in America's 2016 presidential election.
In July 2018, during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland, Trump stopped just short of saying he believed Putin's denials more than he did U.S. intelligence agencies. He later said he misspoke.
Less than a year later, Trump jokingly chided Putin at
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