Trump: Press ‘distorted’ comments from top US intelligence officials

Published January 31, 2019 10:51pm ET



President Trump blamed “fake news” and said top U.S. intelligence officials were “misquoted” by the press after their appearance before Congress Tuesday — a departure from his previous statements about the hearing.

Although Trump initially characterized the intelligence officials as “naive,” Trump said Thursday that intelligence officials told him their comments before the Senate Intelligence Committee, some of which appeared to contradict Trump’s own claims, were taken out of context.

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