GOP Rep. Hurd: 'That Press Conference Was Disinformation'

President Donald Trump has been "manipulated" by Russia's Vladimir Putin, Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, a former CIA agent said Monday.

In remarks on CNN's "The Lead," Hurd lashed out at the joint news conference by Trump and Putin after their one-on-one as "disinformation."

"I've seen the Russian intelligence . . . manipulate many people in my career, and I never would have thought the U.S. president would be one of them," Hurd said.

"I actually believe that press conference was disinformation," he added. "[Putin] was able to validate, by standing next to the leader of the free world, some of these crazy notions that they have been perpetuating."

"If Vladimir Putin wants to change the relationship with the United States, and the rest of the world, here's an idea: Why don't you leave eastern Ukraine and get out of Crimea? . . . Stop your support to the Iranian groups that are operating throughout the Middle East, stop your support to [Syrian leader] Bashir al-Assad killing his own people and also killing American officials. These were some of the things that should have been brought up."

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