Republicans Quick To Slam Russian Interference, Less So To Call Out Trump
drew heated criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and to defend the U.S. intelligence community ― though fewer were willing to directly condemn Trump’s Putin-friendly rhetoric. “I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today,” Trump said during the press conference Monday in Helsinki, Finland. This unprecedented decision by a U.S. president to publicly side with a foreign ...
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