How Trump Changes His Story on the Russia Investigation

Dec 07, 2018, 11:59 AM


President Donald Trump has called special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation a "witch hunt" that's found no evidence of wrongdoing by his presidential campaign.

But facts uncovered by the probe, intelligence community reports and news stories have forced Trump at times to acknowledge that some of his blanket denials in the past were wrong.

When doing so, however, Trump has followed a pattern.

President Donald Trump has called special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation a "witch hunt" that's found no evidence of wrongdoing by his presidential campaign. But facts uncovered by the probe, intelligence community reports and news stories have forced Trump at times to acknowledge that some of his blanket denials in the past were wrong. When doing so, however, Trump has followed a pattern.