Trump Walks Back Comments At Putin Summit & DOJ Charges Russian Operative

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🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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One day after his controversial news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump tried to walk back his comments where he appeared to side with Russia over his intelligence agencies. Plus the Department of Justice accused a Russian student studying in the United States of conspiracy. This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, editor and correspondent Ron Elving, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson and Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Bethany calling from outside the courthouse in the Orman Hatton.
0:05.0	No, I am not on a walking tour of Lawn Order.
0:08.0	I'm about to report for jury duty.
0:11.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:13.0	305 PM on Tuesday, July 17th.
0:16.0	Things may have changed since this was recorded.
0:19.0	Okay, here's the show.
0:24.0	Hey everyone, it is the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:28.0	A lot has happened since President Trump met with President Vladimir Putin yesterday.
0:33.0	Trump shocked the world by siding with Putin over his own intelligence officers.
0:38.0	As a result of that, he faced some heavy backlash, including from his own party.
0:42.0	And so today, he tried to walk some of it back.
0:46.0	I have the strongest respect for our intelligence agencies, headed by my people.
0:54.0	We're going to talk about the fallout from that summit, the fallout from Trump's response.
0:58.0	And in addition, a Russian operative arrested for conspiracy.
1:01.0	I'm Danielle Kertzleben, political reporter.
1:03.0	I'm Kerry Johnson, just a correspondent.
1:05.0	I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress.
1:07.0	And I'm Ron Elving, editor correspondent.
1:09.0	So, big stuff today.
1:11.0	We had Trump responding to the backlash to the summit he had with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
1:16.0	And it all hinged on one word.
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