Facebook’s vice president of ads apologized for his claim that the goal of Russian ads on the social media platform was not to sway the 2016 presidential election.

“I wanted to apologize for having tweeted my own view about Russian interference without having it reviewed by anyone internally. The tweets were my own personal view and not Facebook’s. I conveyed my view poorly," Rob Goldman said on Monday, according to Wired.

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"The Special Counsel has far more information about what happened [than] I do—so seeming to contradict his statements was a serious mistake on my part," he continued.

"To those of you who have reached out this weekend to offer your support, thank you. It means more than you know. And to all of you who have worked so hard over the last six months to demonstrate that we understand our responsibility to prevent abuse on Facebook—and are working hard to do better in the future—my deepest apologies."

Goldman tweeted in response to special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's announced indictments on Friday, saying that most of Russian ad spending happened after the election and criticized the news media's coverage of the election meddling.

Very excited to see the Mueller indictment today. We shared Russian ads with Congress, Mueller and the American people to help the public understand how the Russians abused our system. Still, there are keys facts about the Russian actions that are still not well understood. — Rob Goldman (@robjective) February 16, 2018

Most of the coverage of Russian meddling involves their attempt to effect the outcome of the 2016 US election. I have seen all of the Russian ads and I can say very definitively that swaying the election was *NOT* the main goal. — Rob Goldman (@robjective) February 16, 2018

The majority of the Russian ad spend happened AFTER the election. We shared that fact, but very few outlets have covered it because it doesn’t align with the main media narrative of Tump and the election. https://t.co/2dL8Kh0hof — Rob Goldman (@robjective) February 16, 2018

Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president of global policy, clarified that the company does not have any information that "contradicts" Mueller's indictments.

“Nothing we found contradicts the Special Counsel’s indictments," Joel Kaplan, Facebook's vice president of global policy said in a statement this weekend. "Any suggestion otherwise is wrong.”

President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE on Saturday retweeted Goldman, and ripped the news media.

The Fake News Media never fails. Hard to ignore this fact from the Vice President of Facebook Ads, Rob Goldman! https://t.co/XGC7ynZwYJ — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2018

“I have seen all of the Russian ads and I can say very definitively that swaying the election was *NOT* the main goal.”

Rob Goldman

Vice President of Facebook Ads https://t.co/A5ft7cGJkE — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2018

Mueller announced the indictments of 13 Russians for their role in election meddling last week.

The efforts, which allegedly began in 2014, were tied to Russia's Internet Research Agency, which is an operation based in St. Petersburg that is accused of using Facebook and other social media platforms to spread divisive messages leading up to the 2016 election.

Harper Neidig contributed

Updated at 9:57 a.m.