CNN's Jake Tapper: Trump's claims that the campaign "would have pushed back" Russia's campaign would be "a lie"

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Tapper accused the president of continuing to "downplay" Russian interference in the elections and spreading misconceptions about a special advocate Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud Mueller's choice to lead the investigation over Russia MOREreport that are "just not true."

Asset tweeted thursday This Mueller report "firmly states that there is no collusion with Russia (of course) and that in fact, they are rebuffed at every turn in their attempts to get the ball rolling. ;access".

… every turn in attempts to access. But now, Republicans and Democrats must unite for the good of the American people. No more expensive and tedious investigations. Allows for immigration (border), infrastructure, much lower drug prices and much more – and do it now!

– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2019

"It's not true that the Russians have been turned off at every turn." It's a lie, Tapper said on his show. "The Mueller report details several cases in which members of the Trump team welcomed the Russians with open arms."

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Tapper denounced the president for his repeated attacks on Mueller's investigation into electoral interference in Russia and criticized Trump for asserting that he had not confronted the Russian president. Vladimir PoutineVladimir Vladimirovich Putin – Night Defense: Trump security officials discuss options for Venezuela | Trump contradicts advisers on Russia's role in the crisis | The Administration renews nuclear nuclear derogations in Iran. Trump contradicts his own advisers, according to Putin "not wishing" to involve Venezuela. Trump said that he had not faced Putin during the election interference in the call after Mueller's call MORE on election interference in a long phone call between the two Friday.

Trump said the two leaders had discussed many topics, including trade, Venezuela and nuclear arms control, but had not discussed the Mueller report or Russia's interference in the elections. .

Trump told reporters at the Oval Office that they had briefly touched on the outcome of the report but had criticized Kristen Welker of the NBC channel, who had asked if he had warned Putin not to intervene, telling him: "You are very rude."

"We did not discuss it, we really did not talk about it," Trump said on the second request.

Mueller's 448-page report indicated that Russia had been ingested "systematically" in the 2016 election, including a social media campaign and the publication of stolen documents about key democrats in order to to help the Trump campaign.

There were several "offers of assistance from Russia" to the Trump campaign. In some cases, the campaign was "receptive to the offer", but at other times, "campaign officials have stolen", according to the special advocate.

FBI Director Christopher Wray, however, said last week that Russia committed to interfering again in the election of 2020.

"Based on the President's apparently personal and public statements with Vladimir Putin – the man who has directed and continues to carry out the cyberattacks against the United States – the President is more concerned to point out that there is no doubt about it. Special advocate Robert Mueller has not been able to find sufficient evidence that all members of his team involved in a criminal conspiracy with Russia are focused on this persistent threat of Putin, Tapper said.