WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has alleged China, along with Russia, meddled in the 2016 US presidential elections.
Last month, chairing a UN Security Council assembly at the sidelines of the UN normal Assembly in New York, Trump had alleged that China was seeking to intervene in the 2018 mid-term polls and that it did not want him to be the president. China has denied these allegations.
However, for the first time Trump came out in open to say that China also meddled in the 2016 presidential elections.
"They (Russians) meddled. But I think China meddled too," Trump instructed CBS News's fashionable '60 Minutes' in an interview. Recorded on Thursday, the interview was broadcast Sunday night time.
"I think China meddled also. And I think, frankly, China...is a bigger problem," Trump stated and denied that by means of pronouncing so he isn't seeking to divert all the Russia factor.
"I'm saying Russia, but I'm also saying China," he stated.
But it's the investigation of Russia's intervention in the 2016 election that hangs over his presidency and caused a rift together with his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as a result of he recused himself from the inquiry.
Trump expressed unhappiness that his Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescued himself from the Russia investigation.
"I was disappointed that he recused himself and many people think I was right on that. I was very disappointed. Why should he have recused himself? So I was very disappointed," he stated. Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is conducting investigations into the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Responding to a question, he stated he has no purpose of shutting down the Russian investigation. "Well, I don't pledge anything. But (I) will tell you, I have no intention of doing that. I think it's a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind," he stated.
To date, 32 other people have been charged or pleaded in charge in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. President Trump's marketing campaign chairman, most sensible marketing campaign aide, former nationwide safety advisor and longtime personal attorney are all cooperating in the inquiry, which the president calls a witch-hunt.
Trump puzzled the very proposition that he known as Russia to lend a hand him in the elections. "Do you really think I'd call Russia to help me with an election? Give me a break. They wouldn't be able to help me at all. Call Russia. It's so ridiculous," he stated.
Last month, chairing a UN Security Council assembly at the sidelines of the UN normal Assembly in New York, Trump had alleged that China was seeking to intervene in the 2018 mid-term polls and that it did not want him to be the president. China has denied these allegations.
However, for the first time Trump came out in open to say that China also meddled in the 2016 presidential elections.
"They (Russians) meddled. But I think China meddled too," Trump instructed CBS News's fashionable '60 Minutes' in an interview. Recorded on Thursday, the interview was broadcast Sunday night time.
"I think China meddled also. And I think, frankly, China...is a bigger problem," Trump stated and denied that by means of pronouncing so he isn't seeking to divert all the Russia factor.
"I'm saying Russia, but I'm also saying China," he stated.
But it's the investigation of Russia's intervention in the 2016 election that hangs over his presidency and caused a rift together with his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as a result of he recused himself from the inquiry.
Trump expressed unhappiness that his Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescued himself from the Russia investigation.
"I was disappointed that he recused himself and many people think I was right on that. I was very disappointed. Why should he have recused himself? So I was very disappointed," he stated. Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is conducting investigations into the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Responding to a question, he stated he has no purpose of shutting down the Russian investigation. "Well, I don't pledge anything. But (I) will tell you, I have no intention of doing that. I think it's a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind," he stated.
To date, 32 other people have been charged or pleaded in charge in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. President Trump's marketing campaign chairman, most sensible marketing campaign aide, former nationwide safety advisor and longtime personal attorney are all cooperating in the inquiry, which the president calls a witch-hunt.
Trump puzzled the very proposition that he known as Russia to lend a hand him in the elections. "Do you really think I'd call Russia to help me with an election? Give me a break. They wouldn't be able to help me at all. Call Russia. It's so ridiculous," he stated.
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