he admitted nothing,,, he quoted an "Obama Administration official" and threw in a barb
Posted on 06/24/2017 2:37:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump openly questioned on Saturday whether the Obama administration wanted to damage Hillary Clinton's chances in the 2016 election by not immediately reacting to evidence of Russian meddling.
"Obama Administration official said they 'choked' when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn't want to hurt Hillary?"," Trump tweeted Saturday afternoon.
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The Obama administration official he is quoting is one from a Washington Post report on Friday that said former President Barack Obama was given information in August 2016 about Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering specific instructions to his operatives to undermine Clinton's campaign in favor of Trump's. It wasn't until October that Obama finally addressed the public about the suspected Russian hacking. Obama then slapped sanctions on Russia in December and reportedly authorized a cyber weapons project targeting in Russia's infrastructure.
Clinton served as Obama's secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.....
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I thought Trump didn’t believe the Russian’s meddled. Has he changed his mind now that it may hurt Obama?
I agree but Trump is also acknowledging Russian interference and their preference to keep Clinton out which gives credence to a part of the Russian story.
Good points. I’m looking for the same answers.
Was it Rush that said Obama didn’t want to taint the Clinton victory?
I do. LOCK HER THE HELL UP!
he admitted nothing,,, he quoted an "Obama Administration official" and threw in a barb
Hillary shot a full clip into her foot and then reloaded for more. What was Zero going to do to her that her moronic self-destructive campaign wasn’t already doing?
Listen for it. If it benefits Trump he will admit it.
0bama like all of the Democrats knew Hillary was already president. The election was just a formality.
Obama was being more flexible
Love his directness - he knows that “nuance” is a non-value attribute when it comes to speaking your mind or planning your actions.
I know, this whole thing is about some private emails that made it into the public sphere. That’s it. The irony for me is how assiduously all of these same people worked to portray them as inconsequential at the time.
He's admitting it.
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