Donald Trump's former campaign manager suggested on Sunday that the Obama administration caved to political pressure from Hillary Clinton's campaign to exaggerate Russia's role in election-year hacks.
"The president-elect respects the ability of President Obama to do what he sees necessary in any different — any number of different arenas," Kellyanne Conway said on CBS' "Face the Nation." "It does seem to be a political response at this point, because it seems like the president is under pressure from Team Hillary, who can't accept the election results."
Pressed by host John Dickerson, Conway said Obama could just as well have pushed back on Russia before the election if he thought the threats were legitimate.
"It's very clear that President Obama could have, quote, retaliated months ago if they were actually concerned about this and concerned about this, quote, affecting the election," Conway said. "Whatever his motives are, what his action is, we'll respect it as Americans." ...
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