Trump denies knowing 'anything' about alleged Manafort-Russia connection


President Trump says he had no idea what his former campaign chair was up to.
A Tuesday court filing unintentionally revealed Special Counsel Robert Mueller was alleging connections between Paul Manafort and a supposed Russian operative. So on Thursday, ABC News' Jon Karl asked Thursday if Trump knew "Manafort was sharing polling data from your campaign with the Russians."
"No, I didn't know anything about it — nothing about it," Trump responded, notably not denying the allegations against his former campaign chair.
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Manafort's lawyers accidentally revealed the allegations Tuesday, writing that ex-Trump campaign chair Manafort admitted to giving 2016 polling data to suspected Russian operative Konstantin Kilimnik.
Trump similarly denied knowledge of attorney Michael Cohen's hush money check to Stormy Daniels before financial records and reports indicated he directed and reimbursed the payment. So as CNN White House Correspondent Abby Phillip recommends, "bookmark this" for later.
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