The White House pushes back on speculation surrounding the indictments of former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort.
During a Monday press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters the charges against Manafort and his partner Rick Gates are not campaign related.
She also said the indictments will not distract from the president’s legislative agenda.
When asked about the guilty plea of former campaign advisor George Papadopoulos, Sanders claimed he was a volunteer who was repeatedly pushed back on his ideas by top Trump officials.
Sanders then said the only Russian collusion during the election happened among the Democrats.
“Today’s announcement has nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the president’s campaign or campaign activity,” announched Huckabee. “The real collusion scandal as we’ve said several times before has everything to do with the Clinton campaign, Fusion GPS, and Russia…there’s clear evidence of the Clinton campaign colluding with Russian intelligence to spread disinformation and smear the president and influence the election.”
Manafort and Gates have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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3 comments:
WHEN is Trump going to start his OWN conservative Investigation into Hillary Holder dnc podesta ?. Because we ALL know Mueller is a PAID OPERATIVE from the Hillary campaign paid for by the PODESTA GROUP.
Except of course that they are all related to WH.
All things in their own time. This is a very complex undertaking that sends ripples in all directions, ripples that could be warnings to those whose number is next.
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