Trump says he did 'nothing wrong' after Mueller indicts Russians for 2016 election interference
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- In a tweet on Friday, President Donald Trump defended himself against allegations of collusion with Russians during the 2016 presidential race.
- Trump posted the tweet in response to the Justice Department's indictments of 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian entities involved in sowing political discord in the US before the 2016 election.
- Trump said the indictments are further evidence that there was "no collusion."
President Donald Trump insisted his presidential campaign had nothing to do with the Russian nationals and organizations indicted by the US Department of Justice on Friday for interfering in the 2016 election.
"Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President," Trump said in a tweet. "The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!"See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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