Obama officials just handed Trump two major talking points on RussiaWashington Post, Jun 23, 2017, Amber Phillips
When it comes to accusations that his campaign may have colluded with Russia to influence the election, if he's not calling it fake news, President Trump likes to use this retort: Democrats didn't do much to stop it.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
When will the Fake Media ask about the Dems dealings with Russia & why the DNC wouldn't allow the FBI to check their server or investigate?
7:15 AM - 7 May 2017
This week, Trump got two major talking points to bolster what he's been saying for months:
1. An Obama administration official criticized Democrats — the DNC in that tweet above — for not cooperating with the FBI after Russians hacked them. Former Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson testified this week to Congress that the Democratic National Committee did not accept the federal government's help after more than 20,000 of their staffers' emails were released by Russians on WikiLeaks. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) resigned the chair job in the fallout.” I recall very clearly that I was not pleased that we were not in there helping them patch this vulnerability,” Johnson said.
2. The Washington Post reported that President Obama knew Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered meddling in the election but didn't publicly say anything about it for months.
In other words, from Trump's point of view: IF Russia did anything (a big “if” from Trump's perspective, but not from the intelligence community), it happened when Democrats were in charge. So shouldn't they be to blame?
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/23/obama-officials-just-handed-trump-two-major-talking-points-on-russia/?utm_term=.01155454a973
