Predecessor for not doing more about russias meddling in the u. S. Election, but in doing so President Trump also seems to be acknowledging for the very first time that its not a hoax, that it did happen. Well, hes tweeted about it three times over the last 24 hours. Heres one from about 30 minutes ago. Quote since the Obama Administration was told way before the 2016 election that the russians were meddling, why no action . Focus on them not t, i assume hes referring to trump there. So what hes referring to as well is a Washington Post report that alleges back in august, three months before the election, president obama had received a chatfied cia classified cia report with evidence of vlad pair putins Vladimir Putins direct involvement in the these Cyber Attacks and that they were intended to hurt Hillary Clinton and help mr. Trump. The Obama Administration went back and forth about what to do, how to respond. In the end, they settled on sakss and a covert cyber attack which the next
Aggressive action. Gillian our own Kristin Fisher has more on this. Reporter in this Washington Post report, a former Senior Obama Administration official said that i feel like we sort of choked in our response to russia. And President Trump clearly seems to agree. Listen to what he said in an interview with our pete leg earth. The cia gave him information on russia a long time before they even, you know, before the election. And i hardly see it. Its an amazing thing. To me, you know in other words the question is, if he had the information, why didnt he do something about it . He should have done something about it. But you dont read that. Its quite sad. Reporter according to the post, back in august so three months before the election president obama received a highly classified cia report with evidence of russian president Vladimir Putins direct involvement in these cyber attacks. Over the next five months, the Obama Administration reportedly went back and forth about what to do, ho