Trump inadvertently admits Russians hacked election to hurt Clinton
His morning tweet going after Hillary Clinton is an inadvertent admission.
Are we talking about the same cyberattack where it was revealed that head of the DNC illegally gave Hillary the questions to the debate?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2016
Trump is referring here to news that broke in late October: That a hacked email showed that interim DNC chair Donna Brazile may have leaked a Democratic primary debate question to Clinton’s campaign in advance. Brazile publicly blamed this leak on Russian hackers who were out to divide Democrats by feeding the perception among Bernie Sanders supporters that the DNC was putting its thumb on the scales for her. This built on a formal statement that the intelligence community put out earlier in October declaring itself “confident” that Russia was trying to interfere in the elections by hacking into DNC emails.
And so, by referring to this episode, what Trump is inadvertently revealing here is that, yes, the complaint about Russian hacking to hurt Clinton did in fact precede the election, and this was widely and publicly known. Of course, there is ample other evidence that Trump is fully aware of this.
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Foundryman December 16th, 2016 at 15:35
What’s important is the fact Trump used the russian hacks and encouraged more of it. He collaborated with them to attack the countries electoral system for his own personal gain. That makes him a traitor in anyone’s book, except of course the idiots who voted for him anyway.
StoneyCurtisll December 16th, 2016 at 18:40
Just a little reality check for Donald Trumpf…
There was nothing “illegal” about Hillary being given clues to what questions would be asked at the debate…
I dare Donald Trumpf or a team of lawyers to say what law was broken….
whatthe46 December 16th, 2016 at 20:17
tRump gives them the damn questions to be asked.
chicagotribunefragments December 17th, 2016 at 17:18
Trump was also leaked Megan Kelly’s opening question in the Fox debate