Asked whether he knew about the “alleged ties with the Chinese spy” in May when the president invited Mr. Huang aboard Air Force One on a trip to China, the president said, “No, I didn’t hear about it then.”
When pressed about whether he had received a briefing on the issue about a year ago, Mr. Trump demurred.
“I’d have to check,” he said in response to a question about when he first learned of the matter. “I’d certainly check with the intelligence people. They could have been mentioned. Certainly, it didn’t make much of an impact on me.”