"I don't know about this proposal". At one point, he told Kelly Russia didn't care who the American president was as the "main political direction does not change", regardless of who's in charge.
President Putin said "no proposal like that came to me" involving Mr. Kushner and that it would have been reported to him if there had been "anything significant". Trump has denied any collusion between Russian Federation and his campaign and has questioned the veracity of the US intelligence finding.
In the interview, Putin claimed that "a child" could have hacked the United States election - and also alleged Russian Federation may have been framed. "I haven't seen, even once, any direct proof of Russian interference in the (U.S.) presidential election".
Putin's comments come days before former FBI Director James Comey is due to testify before Congress.
He also rejected claims that Russian Federation interfered in the election.
Kelly also asked Putin if he has any "damaging" information on Trump.
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"You and I personally have a much closer relationship than I had with Mr. Flynn", Putin said to Kelly. There weren't even any reports.
Vladimir Putin with Megyn Kelly.
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"Right now I think we have representatives from a hundred different American companies that have come to Russian Federation".
"I made my speech". And then afterward I was told, 'You know there was an American gentleman. He was involved in some things.
Then why did the USA intelligence services say it was the Russians? "And I got up and left", Putin told Kelly.
Asked whether all 17 US intelligence agencies that concluded Russian Federation interfered with the election are lying, Putin said "they have been misled" and said he has not seen "any direct proof of Russia's interference". "Hoof prints? Horn prints?"
A widely-posted photo of the event has fuelled speculation about possible links between US President Donald Trump's administration and the Kremlin. The two have spoken several times by phone since Trump's election.
"In addition to it, Putin voiced his profound conviction that "(...) no interference from the outside, in any country, even a small one, let alone in such a vast and great power as the United States, can influence the final outcome of the elections". "They can be in Russian Federation, in Asia. even in America, Latin America", Putin said.
He said that they did not have any relationship with Donald Trump, adding that the U.S. President used to visit Moscow, but he had never met him. There was a time when he came to Russian Federation ... but I never met him.
There was no other relation between Putin and Trump rather than a business traveller. "Do you think we're gathering compromising information on all of them right now or something?"
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