In a morning tweet, the president incorrectly suggested comments by U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III had cleared his campaign of wrongdoing.
By John Wagner John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow March 8 at 9:25 AM As part of an ongoing effort to persuade the public that his campaign did not collude with Russia, President Trump on Friday dramatically misrepresented comments made by the judge who presided over the sentencing of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
In a tweet Friday, Trump incorrectly suggested that Ellis’s comments had cleared his campaign of wrongdoing. Trump’s tweet also referenced Manafort lawyer Kevin Downing, who told reporters outside the courthouse that “there is absolutely no evidence Paul Manafort worked in collusion with any government official from Russia.”“This case doesn’t prove there was no collusion because that wasn’t the subject of the trial,” King said during an appearance on CNN.
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