Tillerson says Trump ‘pressed’ Putin on Russia’s hacking. But it doesn’t sound like he pressed very hard. - News Summed Up

Tillerson says Trump ‘pressed’ Putin on Russia’s hacking. But it doesn’t sound like he pressed very hard.


Russian President Vladimir Putin watches Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and President Trump shakes hands on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg on July 7. (Pool photo by Michael Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin via European Pressphoto Agency)The big question heading into Friday's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit was whether President Trump would confront him about Russian hacking in the 2016 election. “The president opened his meeting with President Putin by raising the concerns of the American people regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election,” Tillerson told reporters. The president pressed President Putin on more than one occasion regarding Russian involvement.”Okay. But if the Russians are giving an inaccurate account of the meeting, perhaps Trump should say so publicly on this issue of such import.


Source: Washington Post July 07, 2017 18:50 UTC



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