Thread by @politiCOHEN_

trump & putin's one-on-one lasted “about two hours,” @pressec tells the pool

PUTIN calls the talks with TRUMP a "success" and "very fruitful"

PUTIN says he told TRUMP he was disappointed the US pulled out of the iran deal

PUTIN says TRUMP mentioned "so-called” 2016 election interference

PUTIN: "the russian state has never interfered and is never going to interfere” with internal US affairs ... including elections

PUTIN suggests russia & US should look into election issues together in a "joint working group on cybersecurity”

will be crucial to learn what TRUMP said in response to putin’s election comments

TRUMP says they spent “a great deal of time talking about” russia’s 2016 election interference and says PUTIN feels strongly about it …. and has an “interesting idea”

TRUMP on PUTIN: "i called him a competitor, and a good competitor he is” - says the word is a compliment

TRUMP talking directly to robert mueller here: “it’s a shame that there can even be a little bit of a cloud over it” (2016 election)

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“where did you get this idea that president tump trusts me or I trust him” PUTIN says.

PUTIN adds: “can you name a single fact that would definitively prove the collusion?"

“i will look into it” says PUTIN of 12 GRU officers who DOJ indicted last week for election interference

PUTIN says MUELLER shpuld “send an official request to us so that we can interrogate these individuals who he believes are privy to some crimes”

TRUMP throws US intelligence agencies under the bus: “where is the server? ... i have putin, he just said it’s not russia. i don't see any reason why it would be. but I really do want to see the server. i have confidence in both parties.”

this was in response to a great question by @JonLemire, who asked trump if he will condemn russia’s election interference

TRUMP ends the PUTIN press conference by dragging the FBI, calling the peter strzok testimony last week “a disgrace” & the words “witch hunt.”