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| George W Bush: 'There's pretty clear evidence Russia meddled' in US election won by Trump | George W Bush: 'There's pretty clear evidence Russia meddled' in US election won by Trump |
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| George W Bush has said “there’s pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled” in the US election that saw Donald Trump become President. | |
| The former President also warned that Russia’s Vladimir Putin “is zero-sum. He can’t think, ‘How can we both win?’ He only thinks, ‘How do I win, you lose?’” | |
| Russia has denied trying to influence the November 2016 vote but US intelligence agencies concluded it had. | |
| Mr Trump has previously downplayed the findings but last year said he was “with our agencies, especially as currently constituted with the leadership”. | |
| Mr Bush said it wasn't clear if Russia's "meddling" directly affected the election, though he said it was clear they tried. "It's problematic that a foreign nation is involved in our election," he added at a conference in Abu Dhabi. | |
| The Republican leader, who occupied the Oval Office from 2001 to 2009, said Mr Putin "is pushing, constantly pushing, probing weaknesses. That's why Nato is very important." | |
| Former FBI director Robert Mueller is currently investigating alleged links between the Kremlin and Mr Trump’s campaign team. | |
| Several people including the Republican’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, have been charged. | |
| Mr Trump denies any such links, and has called the investigation a “witch hunt”. | |
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