President Trump said he would listen if a foreign government approached him with damaging information about a political rival. 'I think you might want to listen, there isn't anything wrong with listening,' he said in an interview with ABC News.
"I think you might want to listen, there isn't anything wrong with listening," Trump said in an interview with ABC News that aired on Wednesday. "I think I'd want to hear it," Trump went on, downplaying the idea such a move by another country would amount to election interference.Trump and his 2016 campaign have come under intense scrutiny -- and a special counsel investigation -- for their contacts with Russians during the last presidential election.
Read MoreAsked Wednesday whether he would take opposition research being peddled by another government, Trump said he likely would."It's not an interference, they have information -- I think I'd take it," Trump said."If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI -- if I thought there was something wrong.
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