NEW: Congressional Democrats said they are no longer seeking records of Trump’s private meetings with Putin, despite previous concerns Trump tried to conceal details of their conversations. 'The Biden administration is looking forward, not back.'
that the former president went to "extraordinary lengths" to conceal details of his conversations with Putin, leaving some subordinates without a clear record of the world leaders’ interactions.
PHOTO: President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. "Biden is very engaged in those sessions," Brett Bruen, a former diplomat who served as the Director of Global Engagement at the White House during the Obama administration and participated in briefings with the then vice president, told ABC News.
While Bruen said any gaps in the government’s record of Trump’s conversations with Putin could create "major blind spots" in Biden’s preparations, there’s been no indication that the questions have disrupted Biden’s preparations.
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