President Donald Trump denies that his campaign colluded with Russia hours after thirteen Russians and three Russian companies were charged with conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 US presidential election.
US prosecutors announced Friday that the Russians plotted to interfere in the election through social media propaganda aimed at helping Trump defeat his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
Trump, however, denied the allegation once again and said in a tweet that his campaign had done “nothing wrong.”
Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong – no collusion!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 16, 2018
The federal indictment, which was brought by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, marks the first criminal charges against Russians believed to have clandestinely worked…