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The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process, Monaco said, speaking at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast event. Congress will be briefed on the report, she said, and Obamas team will determine how much to share with the public once they see the results.
The U.S. intelligence community announced on Oct. 7 that it believes hackers supported by the Russian government were responsible for meddling in the election process, including by targeting the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton adviser John Podesta and other notable political figures, like former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Congressional Democrats have ramped up their pressure for more details on Russian activities since President-elect Donald Trump, who has been notably friendly toward Russia, triumphed over Clinton on Nov. 8. Last month, Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee sent Obama a letter asking him to declassify information on the Russian interference. Earlier this week, Democrats on key House committees dealing with national security sent their own letter, asking that all members of Congress be informed of everything the intelligence community knows about Russian activity in 2016.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-report-election-meddling-russia_us_584ad081e4b0e05aded380ff
woodsprite
(11,937 posts)I want it to come out - all out - before Dec 19th. And I want to see names.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Comey, McConnell, anyone else who had a hand in it will just walk.
I'd love nothing more than to be wrong about this, but I believe the scandal will simply run out the clock and will not change what is scheduled to happen on January 20th.
First clue is Obama getting the report "before January 20th" and his Administration telling the public what they think they need to know after that.
monmouth4
(9,711 posts)out and tell us, your constituents, what the hell is going on. We're adults, we can take it. Geez.
DURHAM D
(32,617 posts)What I want to know is who in the Trump world knew and interacted with the Russians.
Ivanka, the Trump boys, Corey, Kellyann, the Mercers, the Kochs, Bannon, Rudy, etc?
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)...and then immediately tried to dial it back by saying he had "no direct contact" with "active" FBI agents?
Same thing is going to happen with this. Nobody is going to know anything, including the people who know.
RoccoR2
(90 posts)does that Ring a bell ?
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)Yes it does RoccoR2 ....
However, I must admit that President Obama's passivity is hitting NEW lows, and I'm board with all of this now.
Nothing will come of this. I mean, Stevie Wonder could see what was happening and that the Russians were meddling in various ways into our 2016 GE, and whose to say that in 2018, and 2020 a pence/putin/tRump DOJ/FBI won't once AGAIN invite their "buddies" the Russians into our elections so they can hack them again and give the Thuglicans that 60 Senate seat majority, a deep RED strangle-hold of the Senate/Congress and hideous rulings out of a Right-winged Supreme Court and then double down on another GOP presidential win in 2020 In this political climate, how will Dems ever win back the White House/Senate/Congress if it's rigged against them (voter suppression/voter disfranchisement/Russian hacking/our OWN intel agencies/GOP helping the Russians)?
The media could have followed up on this, but the so-called Liberal media that doesn't exist was too busy chasing Hillary's email and CGI story Oh, and giving their president tRump $2 Billion dollars in FREE air time so he could sell himself to the voters who voted for him.
This country will REALLY spiral downward with this tRump coronation on January 20th, 2017 (With a generous assist from his puppet master Putin/Russia & the gang: The gang being our OWN GOP/FBI--that's the scary part).