Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to take a copy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment alleging 12 Russian military officers hacked into Democratic email servers when the pair sat down for an interview.
[READ HERE: Mueller’s indictment against 12 Russians for hacking Democrats in 2016]
“I did something that I suspect President Trump did not do in their meeting,” Wallace said, previewing his 35-minute discussion with Putin following the summit with Trump.
“I took the indictment, I had it in my hands, and I talked to him about what was in it,” he continued. “The specific units in the GRU, the military intelligence unit of Russia, and that these were actors of the Russian state, and did he want to see it? And he said no, he wouldn’t touch it.”
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During his press conference with Trump at the conclusion of their meetings, Putin said he didn’t know “the full extent of the situation” that caused Mueller to issue the indictment, which claims the officials “engaged in a sustained effort” to break into computers owned by the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Hillary Clinton’s campaign ahead of the 2016 election.
“But President Trump mentioned this issue, and I will look into it,” Putin said.
Putin also repeated denials that the Kremlin was involved in malicious cyberactivity aimed at undermining the U.S. political process during the media availability.
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