Trump: "Russia Interfered in the US Election" is a Fabrication
Sputnik News, Washington, February 5 - President of the United States Trump stated that accusations that Russia interfered in the US presidential election are a fabrication.
Trump said during an interview with NBC Television: "They said Russia, and it turned out to be a fabrication."
Trump said that there are issues of "international manipulation" in the election, including foreign attempts to interfere in the election.
Trump said during the interview with the television station: "You know, many manipulations in the election are international manipulations... We know foreign governments tried to exert great influence."
In May 2023, special prosecutor John Durham released a report stating that neither U.S. law enforcement agencies nor the intelligence community had any conclusive evidence that Trump had colluded with Russia during the 2016 election. The report pointed out that the FBI did not have information about any contact between members of Trump's team and Russian intelligence agencies. Durham concluded that the FBI should not have conducted a comprehensive investigation into the relationship between Trump's campaign and Russia, as the agency used "unprocessed, unanalyzed, unverified raw information" to initiate the investigation.
Unverified reports about Russia's suspected interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election have been removed from the website of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee. According to Newsweek, internet users noticed the disappearance of the report from the website. The related web page now displays the message "Not Found."
Russia has repeatedly denied U.S. allegations of interference, including in U.S. elections. Russian President's Press Secretary Peskov called these allegations "completely baseless." Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, when talking about Russia's alleged interference in elections in various countries, stated that there are no facts that can confirm this accusation.
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