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    Trump invites Putin to Washington, rejects his request to interrogate Michael McFaul, former ambassador to Russia

    by Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Jul 19, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, after coming under fire for even considering the idea, on Thursday decided not to allow Russia to interrogate a former U.S. ambassador and other Americans, as Russia President Vladimir Putin proposed during their summit in Helsinki.

    "It is a proposal that was made in sincerity by President Putin, but President Trump disagrees with it," press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.

    As Trump tried for a third straight day to answer critics, by taking a tougher line with Putin than he did when they met Monday, he also extended an olive branch - inviting Putin to Washington. Sanders said discussions are underway for a visit in the fall, just weeks before midterm elections.

    Putin had floated the idea of the interrogations

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