- President Donald Trump said Saturday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin did not interfere in the 2016 election.
- Trump also cast doubt on the intelligence community's findings that Russia launched an elaborate and multi-faceted campaign to meddle in the election.
- The CIA released a statement shortly after in which CIA director Mike Pompeo emphasized that he stood by the intelligence community's assessment.
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CIA splits with Trump following his controversial remarks about Putin and Russia's election meddling
Trump said he believed Putin when he said Russia did not interfere in the election. The CIA released a statement shortly after, splitting with Trump.
The Central Intelligence Agency released a statement on Saturday in which CIA director Mike Pompeo diverged from President Donald Trump on the issue of Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted during a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that Russia did not interfere in the election, and that he believed the Russian leader.
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