--- description: President-elect Donald Trump is set to hold a news conference Wednesday for the first time in nearly six months. title: Watch Live: Donald Trump Holds His First News Conference in Nearly 6 Months image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt631f37e613fb87df/6988b518fb4eac3bd18905d3/donald-trump-news-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Donald Trump to Face Questions on Russia Hack at News Conference by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2017 2:11 PM CUT  President-elect Donald Trump listens to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 8, 2017. President-elect Donald Trump listens to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 8, 2017.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2017 2:11 PM CUT [President-elect Donald Trump](http://time.com/4631180/donald-trump-press-conference-russia/?xid=homepage "undefined") is set to hold a news conference Wednesday for the first time in nearly six months. The much-anticipated event comes after news broke about an [unsubstantiated report](http://time.com/4631012/donald-trump-russia-report/?xid=homepage "undefined") that said Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, according to the Associated Press. The incoming president is also expected to face questions about how he will separate himself from his business ties and about intelligence information that says [Russia meddled](http://time.com/4627675/john-mccain-lindsey-graham-russia/?xid=homepage "undefined") in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help get him elected. The news conference is slated to take place in the Trump Tower, according to the AP. Watch live above beginning at 11 a.m. ET. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4631259/donald-trump-news-conference-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4631259/donald-trump-news-conference-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Donald Trump to Face Questions on Russia Hack at News Conference","datePublished":"2017-01-11T14:11:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:39:40.971Z","description":"Unverified reports say Russia allegedly has personal information on the president-elect","url":"https://time.com/4631259/donald-trump-news-conference-watch-live/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt631f37e613fb87df/6988b518fb4eac3bd18905d3/donald-trump-news-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt631f37e613fb87df/6988b518fb4eac3bd18905d3/donald-trump-news-conference.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Political And Business Visitors At Trump Tower During President-Elect's Transition To The White House","caption":"President-elect Donald Trump listens to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 8, 2017.","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4631259/donald-trump-news-conference-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: Donald Trump to Face Questions on Russia Hack at News Conference"}}]}] ```