Trump Lashes Out At Obama Over Inaction On Election Meddling
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Thursday again went after former President Obama over inaction on election meddling.
President Trump on Thursday said former President Barack Obama didn't act sufficiently on 2016 election meddling because he thought Hillary Clinton was going to win.
Trump made the comment at a media event when asked about election integrity relating to the upcoming midterms.
The president stated his administration has "spent a lot of time and effort and some money on making sure that everything with respect to the election coming up in five days is going to be perfect and safe."
"There will be hopefully, no meddling, no tampering, no nothing," Trump added.
He continued: "Now, President Obama had the chance to do that in September before '16, but he chose not to do that because he thought Hillary Clinton was going to win."
"And while everybody agrees it didn't affect the vote at all, nevertheless, he could have done things that probably would have made it a little more obvious, a little clearer. He was told by the FBI in September before the election in '16 about potential meddling or potential Russian meddling and he did nothing about it. He didn't do that because he thought that Hillary Clinton would win," Trump added.
This is not the first time Trump has gone after Obama over Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
In a tweet months ago, Trump wrote: "Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 Election. So why didn't he do something about Russian meddling?"
A Washington Post piece last year covered various aspects of the Obama administration's response to Russia's actions.
While many have criticized Obama, the Post noted: "Those closest to Obama defend the administration's response to Russia's meddling. They note that by August it was too late to prevent the transfer to WikiLeaks and other groups of the troves of emails that would spill out in the ensuing months. They believe that a series of warnings — including one that Obama delivered to Putin in September — prompted Moscow to abandon any plans of further aggression, such as sabotage of U.S. voting systems."
President Trump on Thursday said former President Barack Obama didn't act sufficiently on 2016 election meddling because he thought Hillary Clinton was going to win.
Trump made the comment at a media event when asked about election integrity relating to the upcoming midterms.
The president stated his administration has "spent a lot of time and effort and some money on making sure that everything with respect to the election coming up in five days is going to be perfect and safe."
"There will be hopefully, no meddling, no tampering, no nothing," Trump added.
He continued: "Now, President Obama had the chance to do that in September before '16, but he chose not to do that because he thought Hillary Clinton was going to win."
"And while everybody agrees it didn't affect the vote at all, nevertheless, he could have done things that probably would have made it a little more obvious, a little clearer. He was told by the FBI in September before the election in '16 about potential meddling or potential Russian meddling and he did nothing about it. He didn't do that because he thought that Hillary Clinton would win," Trump added.
This is not the first time Trump has gone after Obama over Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
In a tweet months ago, Trump wrote: "Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 Election. So why didn't he do something about Russian meddling?"
A Washington Post piece last year covered various aspects of the Obama administration's response to Russia's actions.
While many have criticized Obama, the Post noted: "Those closest to Obama defend the administration's response to Russia's meddling. They note that by August it was too late to prevent the transfer to WikiLeaks and other groups of the troves of emails that would spill out in the ensuing months. They believe that a series of warnings — including one that Obama delivered to Putin in September — prompted Moscow to abandon any plans of further aggression, such as sabotage of U.S. voting systems."