Remarks by President Trump and President Putin in Joint Press Conference

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   Asked in Helsinki about Russian election interference, Trump cited Putin's denial and said he did not see why Russia would have interfered, while acknowledging that United States intelligence officials believed it had.

   Question from Jonathan Lemire and Trump's response

   Beside Putin in Helsinki, Trump rejected the logic of his own intelligence agencies · The exchange remains documented in the official White House transcript.