{"id":22142,"date":"2017-07-19T17:35:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=22142"},"modified":"2017-07-19T17:42:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T12:12:59","slug":"white-admits-trumps-undisclosed-meeting-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/white-admits-trumps-undisclosed-meeting-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Admits Trump\u2019s Undisclosed Meeting with Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Trump says <\/span><\/i>fake news was sick and dishonest<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

It is White House once again. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held another undisclosed meeting at G-20 Summit dinner in Hamburg, Germany. \u00a0This was announced by a senior administration official on Wednesday. The Summit was held on July 7 and 8. <\/span><\/p>\n

Donald Trump administration has been facing investigation on suspected relations between his campaign managers and Kremlin. His son Donald Trump Jr. and son- in- law Jared Kushner have recently admitted of meeting a Russian attorney who promised information on Hillary Clinton, the rival candidate to occupy White House. \u00a0Former NSA James Comey, who was in White House for a very short time, has given his under oath statement saying Trump wanted him not continue investigation on Russian.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the administration official, at some point during the meal, Trump left his own seat to occupy a chair next to Putin. Trump approached alone, without any aide, while Putin was attended only by his official interpreter.<\/span><\/p>\n

White House was forced to release statement after media produced reports about the undisclosed meeting. The statement said, <\/span>\u201cthere was no \u2018second meeting\u2019 between President Trump and President Putin, just a brief conversation at the end of a dinner. The insinuation that the White House has tried to \u2018hide\u2019 a second meeting,\u201d it said, \u201cis false, malicious and absurd.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It further said that \u201cAll the leaders\u201d circulated around the room throughout the dinner, and \u201cPresident Trump spoke with many leaders,\u201d the statement said. \u201cAs the dinner was concluding, Trump spoke with Putin \u201cbriefly\u201d with Putin, who was seated next to first lady Melania Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

The dinner conversation was first reported by Ian Bremmer, President of the New York based Eurasia Group, in a news letter to group clients. Bremmer said the meeting began \u201chalfway\u201d into the meal and lasted \u201croughly an hour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The reporters covering White House noted that his and Putin\u2019s motorcades were among the last to leave the event, departing within minutes of each other just before midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reacting to the media reports Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> reiterated his unhappiness saying, \u201cfake news\u201d was \u201csick\u201d and \u201cdishonest.\u201d He posted several tweets.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"