Kellyanne Conway, close adviser to President Trump, had some words for reporters after the Justice Department released Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report and discounted the possibility that the president had colluded with Russia.
“We’re accepting apologies today, too, for anybody who feels the grace in offering them,” she said before criticizing the way the press handled the issue.
On Twitter, Conway singled out The New York Times, which she said should print a “16-page apology.”
Kellyanne Conway@KellyannePollsThis should be a 16-page apology
Michael M. Grynbaum
The New York Times will publish a 16-page special print section tomorrow, including summaries & highlights from the paper’s annotations of the Mueller Report.
Conway, who served as Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, said the report dispelled concerns that the president unfairly beat former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the last presidential election.
“Was there intent to collude? Was there an intent to commit a crime? Was there an intent to conspire with Russians? Was there intent to steal the election from poor old Hillary Clinton, I’m sure for whom most of you voted?”
She also accused the press of helping to spread a lie over the past two years. “And so intent matters and I know you want to cherry-pick one line here or one line there because the big lie that you’ve let fly for two years, it’s over, folks,” she said.
MEDIA OUTLETS PAN AG BARR BEFORE RELEASE OF REDACTED MUELLER REPORT
Conway took a jab at congressional Democrats who spent much of their time focusing on the Russia issue. Holding up a blank sheet of paper, Conway said, “this is the success of the Democrats in the first 100 days in Congress.”
During her interview with Faulkner, Conway also said Democrats “got nothin'” going into the 2020 presidential election.
For their part, the Dems have demanded an unredacted version of the Mueller report and indicated they would pursue Mueller’s concerns about potential obstruction of justice.
