Interesting changes were made to the transcript of the joint Trump/Putin press conference. Recall this point blank question directed at Putin by an American reporter: “President Putin, did you want President Trump to win the election and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that?” And Putin's reply: “Yes, I did. Yes, I did. Because he talked about bringing the U.S.-Russia relationship back to normal.”
This was a bit confusing because people were not sure if he was answering "yes" to both portions of the question.
So, what's curious is, in the Russian released transcript, the question and answer is omitted altogether. And, in the White House released transcript, only the second part of the question is included, but it is cobbled on to the previous answer by Putin, where he was talking about the Mueller probe.
So, in both the official Russian and official White House versions of the transcript, this key question and answer from the press conference has been erased in one case(Russians), altered in meaning in the second case(White House):
https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...ump-putin-press-conference-transcript/565385/
Not sure how much of this is intentional alteration of the historical record, if any. Although it's a safe bet the Russians erased all of it from their transcript. Fortunately, the entire press conference is preserved for posterity, and historians, at least, to judge....