White House: Trump knew he was benefiting from Russian hacking

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The Hill ‏@thehill 8m8 minutes ago
White House: Trump knew he was benefiting from Russian election interference http://hill.cm/V5wNRXE

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said there’s no denying Trump benefitted from Russian hacking of political organizations during the campaign season.

“You didn’t need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious Russian cyber activity,” Earnest said during the daily press briefing.

“The president-elect didn’t call it into question," he continued. "He certainly had a pretty good sense of whose side this activity was coming down on.”

“It’s all information that is, as far as I can tell, undisputed,” Earnest said. “One conclusion it does lead me to is the special responsibility that members of Congress have to take a close look at this. Particularly those members of Congress who endorsed Trump in the elections.”

“I think they should spare us the hand-wringing and fulfill their basic responsibility, since the bar has been raised, based on their political choices.”


read: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/309999-wh-no-doubt-trump-benefitted-from-russian-hacking

[etherealtruth]

1. That's what makes tRumps denials so ludicrous

It was pretty damned clear only one party and one candidate was being damaged.

the buffoon encouraged them to do more

[pangaia]

2. Well, that's not bad. Another little chip of stone chiseled off the granite edifice.

Keep chiseling...
Keep chiseling

We also.. need to keep chiseling.....

[BSdetect]

3. Good start but GOP will cave

Their Big Picture is filtered through hatred and greed.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Kinda like a couple of months late Maynard.

[dhill926]

5. drip, drip, drip....

would love to see this turn into a flood of information. will be interesting to see how (or if) this plays out...

[eShirl]

6. and we all saw this