Analysis: Weeks before becoming president, Donald Trump once again is spreading falsehood
Analysis: Weeks before becoming president, Donald Trump once again is spreading falsehood
Cathleen Decker Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Dawn had barely broken Thursday when Donald Trump once again broadcast via Twitter a provably false claim: that the Obama administration had not raised an alarm about Russian interference in the presidential election until after Hillary Clinton's defeat.
In fact, on Oct. 7, the administration issued an official statement accusing the Russians of being behind the cyberattacks that appear to have harmed Clinton's campaign.
"Only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities," the administration statement said at the time.
Nor was the issue a surprise to Trump. He had publicly called on the Russians in July to find and release Clinton's emails. He talked in September about accusations of Russian hacking and commented on them during the fall presidential debates.
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Cathleen Decker Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Dawn had barely broken Thursday when Donald Trump once again broadcast via Twitter a provably false claim: that the Obama administration had not raised an alarm about Russian interference in the presidential election until after Hillary Clinton's defeat.
In fact, on Oct. 7, the administration issued an official statement accusing the Russians of being behind the cyberattacks that appear to have harmed Clinton's campaign.
"Only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities," the administration statement said at the time.
Nor was the issue a surprise to Trump. He had publicly called on the Russians in July to find and release Clinton's emails. He talked in September about accusations of Russian hacking and commented on them during the fall presidential debates.
READ MORE: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ana...
Can you believe it? This man had publicly called on the Russians in July to find and release Clinton's emails. He talked in September about accusations of Russian hacking and commented on them during the fall presidential debates, can you believe that?
Now that he has won the office, he will not bring up the subject, can you believe that?