NOW we learn that petulant former President Barack Hussein Obama knew about Russia hacking way back in August and he said and did nothing. More proof the Trump campaign knew nothing about the hacking and certainly there was no collusion.
Report: Obama didn't act strongly against Russian election hacking because he assumed Clinton would win
Even though Barack Obama knew about recurrent cyberattacks months before last year's election, he chose not to interfere because most of his administration assumed Hillary Clinton would win, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Back in August, Obama received a highly classified intelligence report outlining the exploits of hackers who breached the Democratic National Committee's computer networks in attempts to damage or discredit Clinton amid her presidential bid.
The intelligence report tied the hackers to the Russian government and, even further, said they operated on Russian President Vladimir Putin's direct instructions to help Donald Trump's candidacy.
While the Obama administration debated on how to best deal with the information, Obama ultimately chose against strong, direct action before the election. Instead, and only during the transition after Trump’s electoral victory, the Obama administration ejected 35 Russian diplomats from the US, issued a series of warnings, and brought in sanctions against Russia that many saw as merely symbolic.
"Our primary interest in August, September, and October was to prevent them from doing the max they could do," a senior Obama administration official told The Post. "We made the judgment that we had ample time after the election, regardless of outcome, for punitive measures."
Report: Obama didn't act strongly against Russian election hacking because he assumed Clinton would win
Report: Obama didn't act strongly against Russian election hacking because he assumed Clinton would win
Even though Barack Obama knew about recurrent cyberattacks months before last year's election, he chose not to interfere because most of his administration assumed Hillary Clinton would win, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Back in August, Obama received a highly classified intelligence report outlining the exploits of hackers who breached the Democratic National Committee's computer networks in attempts to damage or discredit Clinton amid her presidential bid.
The intelligence report tied the hackers to the Russian government and, even further, said they operated on Russian President Vladimir Putin's direct instructions to help Donald Trump's candidacy.
While the Obama administration debated on how to best deal with the information, Obama ultimately chose against strong, direct action before the election. Instead, and only during the transition after Trump’s electoral victory, the Obama administration ejected 35 Russian diplomats from the US, issued a series of warnings, and brought in sanctions against Russia that many saw as merely symbolic.
"Our primary interest in August, September, and October was to prevent them from doing the max they could do," a senior Obama administration official told The Post. "We made the judgment that we had ample time after the election, regardless of outcome, for punitive measures."
Report: Obama didn't act strongly against Russian election hacking because he assumed Clinton would win
