2016 Postmortem

their war of words over allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest hit back at senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway after she accused him of making inappropriate comments in stating that Trump encouraged Russian hacking of his political opponents.

“It is just a fact that the Republican nominee for president was encouraging Russia to hack his opponent because he believed it would help his campaign,” Earnest told reporters Thursday.

“I’m not trying to be argumentative, it’s not a controversial statement,” he continued. “I am trying to acknowledge a basic fact. All of you saw it, it was not in dispute.”