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“I was just doing my job” -DNI Coats to @mitchellreports on his Russia statement Monday #AspenSecurity

“Obviously I had wished he made a different statement,” Coats says. But says it has been “clarified.”

Coats says the U.S. needs to be “relentless” in calling out the Russians for doing what they’re doing #AspenSecurity

“You’re right: I don’t know what went on in that meeting,” Coats says of Trump-Putin one-on-one.

@mitchellreports: Was it recorded by Russian side?

Coats: “That risk is always there.”

“With this president we have consistently gone overtime” in meetings on the PDB, Coats says. He asks a lot of Qs, prefers to have oral briefing #AspenSecurity

. @mitchellreports asks Coats if he knew Kislyak and Lavrov were going to the Oval. He says no.

Wait until he hears what’s next #staytuned #AspenSecurity

“That’s a place I don’t really go to publicly” — Coats, asked by @mitchellreports if he’s ever considered resigning

Coats says he’ll continue to serve “as long as I have the ability to seek the truth and speak the truth.” #AspenSecurity

. @mitchellreports tells Coats now about the possible Putin visit to Washington.

Coats: “Say that again?” #AspenSecurity