Vice President Mike Pence had no contact with Russian officials or operatives during the presidential campaign in 2016, his spokesman made clear on Thursday.
The clarification came one day after Pence’s spokesman, Marc Lotter, gave an interview on Fox News and sidestepped direct questions on the topic.
“The Vice President had no meetings with any individual associated with the Russian government during the campaign or transition,” Lotter said Thursday in a statement to CNN.
On Wednesday, Fox host Bill Hemmer pressed Lotter three times, finally asking, “Is that a yes or a no, did he or did he not? And was it relevant, in fact?”
“I’m not aware of anything that I have seen,” Lotter began. “All of the focus that I saw with Vice President Pence during the campaign and since then has been focused on working the agenda that the people sent him to Washington to accomplish. That’s what the vice president’s doing. That’s what the president is doing.”
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Pence spokesman: VP had no contact with Russian officials in 2016 campaign https://t.co/o2q3r1dgG9 pic.twitter.com/HidIBP3Jip
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 13, 2017
Asked three times whether Pence met with Russians, spokesman declines to answer pic.twitter.com/yBLImfxiFO
— Axios (@axios) July 13, 2017
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