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White House senior aideKellyanne Conway on Tuesday said if she needed harmful information about Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonLawsuit claims Trump involvement in retracted Fox story on Seth Rich North Korea targeted emails of Clinton advisers: report GOP rep on Trump dictating Russia meeting statement: Best to have maximum amount of transparency MORE she would turn to the Democratic presidential candidate herself, rather than Russia.

Look, I was the campaign manager for the winning part of the campaign and if I needed negative information about Hillary Clinton, I look no further than Hillary Clinton, Conway told Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier.

You certainly didnt need to go to Moscow. You could just see what she was saying everyday. No optimistic economic message for America, Conway said.

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Conway and other Trump aides have pushed back afterThe Washington Post reported that President Trump dictated the statement his eldest son Donald TrumpDonald TrumpHow Polish populism explains Trump and the rebirth of nationalism Lewandowski: Priebus 'ultimately responsible' for White House leaks Ex-Cruz aide: Now Bannon is establishment voice in Trump White House MORE Jr. provided to The New York Times regarding a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign.

Trump Jr., along with the president's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, sat down for the June 2016 meeting after Trump Jr. was told the lawyer had damaging information about Clinton.

The president weighed in because fathers do that, Conway said on the report that the presidenthimself drafted the statement.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders offered a similar argument earlier Tuesday while disputing that the initial statement contained inaccurate or misleading information.

The aide'scomments largely appeared to confirm the Post report that Trump was personally involved in drafting the statement, potentially opening him up to further legal scrutiny.

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