Byron York: Why Trump doesn't admit Russian election interference

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Byron York: Why Trump doesn't admit Russian election interference
by Byron York  | July 17, 2018 03:45 AM

Was Russia's effort to interfere in the 2016 election the most important issue on the table at President Trump's Helsinki summit with President Vladimir Putin? No. But it's not an unimportant issue either, and Trump knew the American press is obsessed with it. So he knew it would play a big role in the Trump-Putin post-summit news conference.

There are all sorts of aspects to the Trump-Russia affair, but in light of special counsel Robert Mueller's decision to indict 12 Russian intelligence agents on Friday before the Monday summit, the president also knew reporters would want to hear him specifically affirm Mueller's allegation that the Russian agents hacked the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton campaign.

It wouldn't be hard for the president to do. After all, the House Intelligence Committee, chaired by Trump supporter Rep. Devin Nunes, along with the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Intelligence Community, and Mueller have all concluded that Russia attempted to disrupt the election. None of them has proved, or even alleged, that the Russian effort affected a single vote. But there is a consensus that there was a Russian effort.

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