Trump Retreats and Says He Accepts U.S. Finding Russia Meddled
- Still casts doubt, saying it ‘could be other people also’
- Responds to GOP Blowback Against Helsinki Summit Comments
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he accepts the conclusion by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election, marking a rare retreat from comments just a day earlier amid a backlash from Republicans.
But even with a prepared statement in hand, he introduced doubt, looking up from the text and saying that the meddling in the 2016 election “could be other people also.”