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Trump backtracks on Russian meddling, says he accepts intel

President Trump walked back his statement in Helsinki in which he appeared to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that Russia did not interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Mr. Trump said Tuesday that he recognizes the U.S. intelligence community's findings and he misspoke in Finland. CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
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