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Trump says Putin told him Mueller probe ‘started off as a mountain and ended up being a mouse’

By Rob Crilly
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Trump says Putin told him Mueller probe ‘started off as a mountain and ended up being a mouse’

President Trump said he did not warn Vladimir Putin about meddling in the 2020 election during a phone call on Friday and said the Russian president was not surprised allegations that Moscow colluded with the Trump campaign proved false.

“He sort of smiled when he said something to the effect that, it started off as a mountain and ended up being a mouse,” Trump said of Putin as he recounted details of their discussion of the Mueller report.

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