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- ABC News
- Donald Trump
- February 23, 2020
Trump says "not briefed" on Russia helping Sanders
Trump said that he has "not been briefed on that at all."
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\"I think what it could be is, you know, the Democrats are treating Bernie Sanders very unfairly and it sounds to me like a leak from (Rep.) Adam Schiff because they don't want Bernie Sanders to represent them,\" Trump said. \"It sounds like it's '16 all over again for Bernie Sanders. And he won. He had a great victory yesterday but you know what's happening. You can see the handwriting on the wall. And I watched last time with respect to him, and they might have tried to do it with me, but I was able to catch him. That'll be a terrible thing if that were the case.\"
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The president claimed that Democrats \"leaked\" the intelligence community's discovery that Russia is working to help him and said Schiff, the House intelligence chairman should be investigated.
\"They ought to investigate Adam Schiff for leaking that information. He should not be leaking information out of intelligence. They ought to investigate Adam Schiff,\" Trump said.
The president repeatedly offered congratulations to Sanders, calling his victory in the Nevada caucus on Saturday \"a great win.\"
\"I think it was a great win for Bernie Sanders. We'll see how it all turns out. They've got a lot of winning to do. I hope they treat him fairly,\" Trump said. \"Frankly, I don't care who I run against. I just hope they treat him fairly. I hope it's not going to be a rigged deal because there's a lot of bad things going on.\"
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\"But I congratulate Bernie Sanders, and if it's going to be him, he certainly has a substantial lead. We'll see what happens,\" he continued.
Bernie Sanders: “Brothers and sisters, if we stand together we will not only defeat Trump, we will transform this country and create a government and an economy that works for all of us.” https://t.co/dh3870YJVN pic.twitter.com/VBd8THto1Z
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 23, 2020
Trump said he thinks Sanders will be the Democratic nominee unless the party's establishment \"cheat\" the Vermont senator from the nomination.
\"I think so, unless they cheat him out of it. I think so. I think Bernie is looking more and more like he'll be the nominee, unless they cheat him out of it,\" he repeated. \"A lot of people thought he was going to be the nominee last time and that didn't work out. I think they're watching it very closely. I would imagine so.\"
This report was featured in the Feb. 24 episode of “Start Here,” ABC News’ daily news podcast.
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