By — Darlene Superville, Associated Press Darlene Superville, Associated Press Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-restores-question-to-trump-putin-transcript Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter White House restores question to Trump-Putin transcript Politics Jul 29, 2018 10:58 AM EDT WASHINGTON — The White House has updated its transcript of President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin to include a key question an American journalist asked the Russian leader. This question to Putin — “Did you want President Trump to win the election?” — was left out of the initial version of the White House transcript of the July 16 news conference after Trump and Putin held a summit in Finland. The White House had said the omission was “by no means malicious,” blaming an audio glitch. A subsequent search of the transcript showed Saturday that it had been updated to include the question. Putin had answered, “Yes, I did. Yes, I did,” but it was difficult to follow without the question. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Darlene Superville, Associated Press Darlene Superville, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The White House has updated its transcript of President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin to include a key question an American journalist asked the Russian leader. This question to Putin — “Did you want President Trump to win the election?” — was left out of the initial version of the White House transcript of the July 16 news conference after Trump and Putin held a summit in Finland. The White House had said the omission was “by no means malicious,” blaming an audio glitch. A subsequent search of the transcript showed Saturday that it had been updated to include the question. Putin had answered, “Yes, I did. Yes, I did,” but it was difficult to follow without the question. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now