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| Trump says Putin insulted by US election meddling claim | |
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| President Vladimir Putin felt insulted by allegations of Russian interference in the US election, Donald Trump has said after meeting him briefly at an Asia-Pacific summit in Vietnam. | |
| "You can only ask so many times... he said he absolutely did not meddle in our election," the US president said. | |
| Mr Putin later described the allegations of meddling as "absurd". | |
| The justice department is investigating the claims, as well as alleged collusion involving Mr Trump's team. | |
| Several key former aides have already been named in connection with the inquiry. | |
| George Papadopoulos, a campaign adviser, has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the timing of meetings with alleged go-betweens for Russia. | |
| Former campaign manager Paul Manafort and an associate are also currently under house arrest on charges of money laundering which are unrelated to the election, but linked to the investigation. | |
| Mr Trump said on Saturday he had had "two or three" brief conversations with his Russian counterpart at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit in the port city of Da Nang. | |
| "He (Putin) said he didn't meddle. He said he didn't meddle. I asked him again," he told reporters on Air Force One as he headed to Hanoi. | |
| He said he believed Mr Putin was "very insulted by it, which is not a good thing for our country". | |
| The US president did not answer a direct question about whether or not he believed his Russian counterpart's denial | |
| Mr Putin later said that claims of Russian interference through contacts with Mr Trump's campaign team were "fantasies". | |
| "Everything about the so-called Russian dossier in the US is a manifestation of continuing domestic political struggle," he told reporters. |