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WASHINGTON - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told a Russia-funded television network on Sept. 8 that "it's probably unlikely" that Russia is trying to influence the U.S. election.

Trump, who has faced backlash from both parties in recent days for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin, was interviewed by Larry King, a veteran American journalist whose show airs Thursday evenings on RT America, the U.S. partner of a network originally called “Russia Today.”

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