JUST IN: Pence “had no meetings w/any individuals associated w/the Russian gov’t during the campaign or transition,” VP spox tells NBC News
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) July 13, 2017
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Jul 13, 2017 11:43 AM
Update: Well, that didn’t take long. After refusing to deny any meetings with Russian operatives in an earlier interview with Fox News, VP Pence’s spokesman has now decided to update the record.
For weeks now, many have speculated that Vice President Pence was trying to create some distance between himself and President Trump amid all the ‘Russian collusion’ news flow. First there were the stories about Pence spending considerable time cultivating big-money Republican donors at small, private events, including hedge fund managers and executives from brokerage houses, chemical giants and defense contractors. As the New York Times noted, the meetings “have fueled speculation among Republican insiders that he is laying the foundation for his own political future, independent from Mr. Trump.”
And then came Pence’s official statement on the latest Trump Jr. scandal which raised even more eyebrows.
“The Vice President is working every day to advance the President’s agenda. He was not aware of the meeting. He is also not focused on stories about the campaign – especially those pertaining to the time before he joined the campaign.”
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