Trump denies collusion with Russia but says he 'speaks for himself'
(So Trump must know what evidence they have on Flynn, Manafort, etc. but doesn't know yet what they have on him)
Donald Trump denied any collusion with Russia in the 2016 election but said on Thursday he spoke for myself, leaving open for the first time the possibility that some of his staff may have been involved.
The president claimed he was the target of the greatest witch hunt in US political history and complained that the campaign against him was dividing the country. But asked about the justice department decision to appoint a special counsel, Robert Mueller, to investigate contacts between his campaign and Russia, Trump appeared to shift his position from previous blanket denials.
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I respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. There is no collusion certainly myself and my campaign but I can always speak for myself and the Russians zero, he said at a joint press conference with the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/18/trump-strays-white-house-message-mueller-witch-hunt