TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump has warned Russia against any attempt to interfere in the 2020 presidential polls and also urged Moscow to resolve its conflict with Ukraine, the White House has said.
The warning by Trump, who met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at his Oval office on Tuesday, came a day after the Justice Department’s watchdog said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia.
Trump has long slammed the investigation as a witch hunt and says the FBI never should have started it. “President Trump ‘warned Russia against any attempts to interfere in the US elections and urged Russia to resolve the conflict with Ukraine,” the WH said in a statement after the meeting between the two leaders. However, Lavrov said that they did not discuss the US elections during the meeting. This was the second meeting between Trump and Lavrov.