Obama's chief of staff: Mitch McConnell to blame for 'watered down' reaction to Russian election meddling
by Kyle Feldscher | Mar 4, 2018, 12:54 PM
Former President Barack Obama’s chief of staff puts the blame for the administration’s “watered down†response to Russian meddling in the 2016 election at the feet of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Denis McDonough, Obama’s chief of staff throughout his second term, said on NBC’s “Meet The Press†Sunday that McConnell was the reason why the administration couldn’t do more to counteract the Russians late in the election.
“The president [Obama] asked the four leaders in a bipartisan meeting in the Oval Office to join him and ask the states to work with us on this question,†McDonough said, referring to Speaker Paul Ryan, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, and McConnell.
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