In fact, Trump said he would welcome interference. Asked point-blank in June 2019 whether he would accept damaging information from a foreign government on an opponent in the future, Trump responded: “I think I’d take it.” And a few weeks later, there were Trump and Putin making light of it all. Asked whether he would tell Putin not to interfere in 2020, Trump had mock-scolded his buddy. “Don’t meddle in the election, President,” he told Putin, wagging his finger with a smile. As for the journalists doing the questioning that day, “Get rid of them,” Trump told Putin, whose tenure oversaw the
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