“I accept our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia meddling in the 2016 election took place. Could have been other people also. Lots of other people out there”

There was no actual walk-back. The president continues to question the IC conclusion it was Russia: “I accept our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia meddling in the 2016 election took place. Could have been other people also. Lots of other people out there”

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 17, 2018