MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Tuesday said the White House had appeared to delete a question about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s support for President Trump in an official video of the leaders’ joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland.
“The U.S. government is essentially following the Kremlin’s playbook,” Maddow said on her nightly newscast, pointing to footage the White House posted online and what she called a “real” video of the press conference.
White House edits video to remove question about whether Putin wanted Trump to win. pic.twitter.com/ExlsHNlgF8
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) July 25, 2018
Maddow specifically references a question from Reuters reporter Jeff Mason, who asked Putin if he wanted Trump to win the 2016 presidential election and if he directed any of his officials to interfere in the election to help Trump’s campaign.
Putin responds that he did want Trump to win the election because “he talked about bringing the U.S.-Russia relationship back to normal.”
That footage is then contrasted with what the White House posted, which omits the first part of Mason’s question. Mason is only seen asking if Putin directed officials to help with election interference.
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The Atlantic was the first news outlet to point out the differences. Maddow adds that the Russian government’s transcript from the event nixes Mason’s question completely.
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Maddow: White House removed Putin support for Trump from official video, transcript https://t.co/AeB6ToRss5 pic.twitter.com/4vCXfW3xoH
— The Hill (@thehill) July 25, 2018
Putin stood next to you in Helsinki and said , ‘yes I wanted him (Trump) to win.’ Did you not hear the translation? https://t.co/BMaqUYwJyJ
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) July 25, 2018
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