Tillerson Defends Election Interference Not Coming Up With Lavrov
Source: MSN/NBC News
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this weekend aimed to defend the Trump administration from reports that Russia's attempts to interfere with the 2016 election did not come up during in-person meetings and conversations between the White House, State Department, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the nation's capital this week.
"I think we have such a broad range of important issues that have to be addressed in the U.S.-Russia relationship," TIllerson said during an exclusive interview on "Meet The Press" aired Sunday. "Obviously the interference in the election is one of those. I think it's been well documented, it's pretty well understood, the nature of that interference, here and elsewhere."
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On Wednesday, during Lavrov's first trip to Washington, D.C. of the Trump administration, TIllerson hosted the foreign minister at the State Department and President Trump hosted him in the White House Oval Office.
Lavrov told reporters during a press conference after the White House meeting that the "absurd issues" of election interference issue did not come up during their meetings. He even pointed to President Trump's own assertions that the story was "fake news."
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Russia addressed it with with reporters, but the Trump administration did not see fit to address it.
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