Trump, with a wag, asks Putin not to meddle in U.S. elections

President Donald Trump on Friday sardonically asked his Russian counterpart to please not meddle in U.S. elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that led to an investigation of his campaign's contact with the Kremlin during 2016 elections. A two-year probe into a Moscow-run influence campaign that boosted Trump's candidacy has clouded his presidency since it began, frustrating the Republican president, who has said he seeks better relations with Russia. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters in Osaka, Japan, ahead of their first formal face-to-face meeting since a controversial summit in Helsinki last July and the mid-April release of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian election meddling.

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