June 12, 2019

President Donald Trump says he might not report to the FBI any election help offered by a foreign source in the 2020 election cycle.

In an excerpt from an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos published on Wednesday, the president pushed back when asked whether a candidate should report information on an opponent if it came from a foreign agent, and denied that accepting the information counted as election interference.

“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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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/12/trump-fbi-foreign-information-1362788