President Donald Trump said it was news to him that his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sharing campaign polling data with a Russian associate during the 2016 campaign.
“I didn’t know anything about that,” he said Thursday to assembled reporters before leaving for his border trip.
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— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) January 10, 2019
“I didn’t know anything about that…”
Starting to sound way too familiar
I don’ No frum nottin’!
“I didn’t know anything about that,
gee where have I heard that line before?
he forgot, you have to call my lawyer
It’s always easy to over-read a Trump statement, but “I didn’t know anything about that” is uncharacteristically not a denial. His more typical go-to would be something to the effect of “didn’t happen” or “thirteen Angry Democrats made it up” or whatever.