McCabe: Trump said "I don't care, I believe Putin" when confronted with U.S. intel on North Korea

Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said that President Trump dismissed intelligence on North Korea given to him by U.S. officials, telling them, “I don’t care, I believe Putin.”

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Trump told officials in a meeting that he did not believe North Korean missiles could strike the U.S. mainland because Russian President Vladimir Putin told him those missiles did not exist, according to McCabe.

“Intelligence officials in the briefing responded that that was not consistent with any of the intelligence our government possesses to which the president replied, “I don’t care. I believe Putin,”” McCabe told host Scott Pelley in an interview with 60 Minutes released Sunday.

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