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President Walks Back Comments on Opposition Research

April Ryan
June 17, 2019

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President Donald Trump gets out of his car and heads into the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 16, 2019, after spending the day golfing with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at his golf club in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Trump is walking back his comments made during an ABC interview saying he would take “dirty” information about an Election 2020 candidate as “opposition research” without alerting the FBI.

AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan speaks with former
Secretary of Homeland Security and General Counsel of the Department of Defense during the Obama Administration.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan