President Trump responded to yesterday’s indictment of 12 Russians for hacking the 2016 election with a question MANY of us have:
….Where is the DNC Server, and why didn’t the FBI take possession of it? Deep State?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2018
The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration. Why didn’t they do something about it, especially when it was reported that President Obama was informed by the FBI in September, before the Election?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2018
But seriously… Why?
President Trump on Saturday sharply criticized the Obama administration for not doing “something” about the 12 Russian intelligence agents who were indicted for allegedly hacking emails during the 2016 election.
“The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Why didn’t they do something about it, especially when it was reported that President Obama was informed by the FBI in September, before the Election?’
Trump’s tweet — which echoed his previous criticisms of the Obama administration’s purported inaction on Russian hacking — is the latest sign of how he will approach his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Helsinki on Monday.
Trump has already promised to ask Putin about the new allegations of Russian involvement in the 2016 election — an issue he has discussed with the Russian president before.
“There won’t be a Perry Mason here, I don’t think,” Trump said Friday in Britain. “But you never know what happens, right? But I will absolutely firmly ask the question.”
Of course… it’s something that HAS been discussed before.
Trump has previously said he trusts Putin “means it” when the Russian leader claimed he did not meddle in the election but has also said that he agrees with U.S. intelligence agencies on the matter.
The indictment by the federal grand jury announced Friday amounted to the clearest allegation yet of Russian meddling in the election, blaming Moscow for the email hacking scandal that rocked the 2016 race by revealing embarrassing and politically damaging discussions by major Democrats.
Here’s what I think…
Is it messed up that Russia hacked the DNC? Absolutely.
But we made our decision based on the TRUTH. The emails they released? All true. Democrats really DO feel that way about American voters… and we already knew that.