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At a Tuesday briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back when CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes asked whether President Trump was inventing an Iranian threat to justify a strike, while Pentagon testimony and the president's own later comments raised questions about the evidence.

Karoline Leavitt told CBS reporter Nancy Cordes the president was not making things up and was acting on intelligence and negotiators' briefings.
Cordes asked whether Trump invented a threat to justify striking Iran after he said Iran would attack within a week.
The White House said Trump launched "Operation Epic Fury" because he believed Iran planned an attack.
The Pentagon told Congress it had no intelligence showing Iran intended to attack first.
Trump claimed Iran hit a girls school with a Tomahawk missile but later acknowledged he had no proof.
The exchange occurred at a Tuesday White House briefing following Trump remarks on Monday.

Leavitt rejects suggestion that Trump fabricated Iran threat

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