Trump Has Been Strikingly Consistent in Denying Russian Hacking Role
Trump Has Been Strikingly Consistent in Denying Russian Hacking Role
by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
Trump's striking consistency that Russia didn't intervene in '16 race
As President-elect Donald Trump today receives his intelligence briefing from top officials on Russia's role in the 2016 presidential race, it's worth listing his remarkable consistency denying Russian interference, which dates back to the debate season.
"I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. [Hillary Clinton is] saying Russia, Russia, Russia, but I don't -- maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, OK?" (First presidential debate, Sept. 26, 2016)
"[Clinton] has no idea whether it is Russia, China or anybody else... Our country has no idea." (Third presidential debate, Oct. 19, 2016)
"These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It's now time to move on and 'Make America Great Again.'" (Trump statement on Washington Post report that CIA assessed Russia was trying to help Trump win, Dec. 9, 2016)
"They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. I mean, they have no idea." (Trump interview on Fox News Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016)
"The 'Intelligence' briefing on so-called 'Russian hacking' was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!" (Trump tweet, Jan. 3, 2017)
"Julian Assange said 'a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta' - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info! (Trump tweet, Jan. 4, 2017)
"The dishonest media likes saying that I am in Agreement with Julian Assange - wrong. I simply state what he states, it is for the people....to make up their own minds as to the truth. The media lies to make it look like I am against "Intelligence" when in fact I am a big fan!" (Trump tweets, Jan. 5, 2017)
"The Democratic National Committee would not allow the FBI to study or see its computer info after it was supposedly hacked by Russia..... So how and why are they so sure about hacking if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers? What is going on?" (Trump tweets, Jan. 5, 2017)
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by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
Trump's striking consistency that Russia didn't intervene in '16 race
As President-elect Donald Trump today receives his intelligence briefing from top officials on Russia's role in the 2016 presidential race, it's worth listing his remarkable consistency denying Russian interference, which dates back to the debate season.
"I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. [Hillary Clinton is] saying Russia, Russia, Russia, but I don't -- maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, OK?" (First presidential debate, Sept. 26, 2016)
"[Clinton] has no idea whether it is Russia, China or anybody else... Our country has no idea." (Third presidential debate, Oct. 19, 2016)
"These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It's now time to move on and 'Make America Great Again.'" (Trump statement on Washington Post report that CIA assessed Russia was trying to help Trump win, Dec. 9, 2016)
"They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. I mean, they have no idea." (Trump interview on Fox News Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016)
"The 'Intelligence' briefing on so-called 'Russian hacking' was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!" (Trump tweet, Jan. 3, 2017)
"Julian Assange said 'a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta' - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info! (Trump tweet, Jan. 4, 2017)
"The dishonest media likes saying that I am in Agreement with Julian Assange - wrong. I simply state what he states, it is for the people....to make up their own minds as to the truth. The media lies to make it look like I am against "Intelligence" when in fact I am a big fan!" (Trump tweets, Jan. 5, 2017)
"The Democratic National Committee would not allow the FBI to study or see its computer info after it was supposedly hacked by Russia..... So how and why are they so sure about hacking if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers? What is going on?" (Trump tweets, Jan. 5, 2017)
READ MORE: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read...
Trump has been strikingly consistent in demanding proof it was Russia that sourced Wikileaks.