Transcript for Director of National Intelligence speaks at Aspen Security Forum

Hi I'm Mike Levine an Aspen Colorado where some of the nation's top national security officials are meeting this week. Today the Director of National Intelligence said that he was just doing his job when he issued a statement earlier this week. Essentially calling out president trump for claiming that Russia. May not have been behind the 2016 election acting director Cote said it was important for him to take a stand. He also said that it would not have been his first choice to have president prudent and president trump meeting one on one in Helsinki Finland's. And then when he was informed the president couldn't might be coming to the White House where this here for a meeting director Kota laughed and said well that's going to be special. In Aspen Mike Levine for ABC news.

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