Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart said President Donald Trump is no “Russian stooge” as he pushed back at CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday when the host pressed the Utah Republican on why he wasn’t concerned that Trump met privately with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Stewart, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, clarified that he didn't think Tapper was calling Trump a Russian agent but that, “Some people actually do and I just think that's an unfair characterization of the president's intentions.”
In a news conference with Putin in Finland, Trump was asked if he brought up the Russian interferences in the election.