Trump Slams White House On Russian Hacking: 'Why Did They Only Complain After Hillary Lost?'
Geo Beats
2016-12-15
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On Thursday morning, Donald Trump tweeted his skepticism regarding the timing of the government’s confirmation that Russian hacking occurred during the election.
On Thursday morning, Donald Trump tweeted his skepticism regarding the timing of the government’s confirmation that Russian hacking occurred during the election.
He wrote, “If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?”
Though news outlets reported the hacking and leaking activities as far back as April, the US intelligence community did not publicly acknowledge Russia’s attacks until October 7th.
Additionally, on December 9th, the Washington Post reported, “The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.”
That same day, it was announced that President Obama had ordered a comprehensive review of all nefarious cyber activity related to the U.S. election. Donald Trump is not alone in inquiring about the delay in government response.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest fielded a similar question during the day’s press briefing.
Referring to the October 7th statement, he responded, in part, “The intelligence community put forward this statement as soon as they were able…they had to confirm across 17 different government agencies that they had high confidence that this is exactly what had transpired.”
Earnest further noted, “It would have been inappropriate for White House figures, including the president of the United States, to be rushing the intelligence community…because we were concerned about the negative impact it was having on the president’s preferred candidate in the presidential election.
He also commented, “There was ample evidence that was known long before the election, and in most cases long before October, about the Trump campaign and Russia, everything from the Republican nominee himself calling on Russia to hack his opponent. It might be an indication that he was obviously aware and concluded, based on whatever facts or sources he had available to him, that Russia was involved and their involvemen
On Thursday morning, Donald Trump tweeted his skepticism regarding the timing of the government’s confirmation that Russian hacking occurred during the election.
He wrote, “If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?”
Though news outlets reported the hacking and leaking activities as far back as April, the US intelligence community did not publicly acknowledge Russia’s attacks until October 7th.
Additionally, on December 9th, the Washington Post reported, “The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.”
That same day, it was announced that President Obama had ordered a comprehensive review of all nefarious cyber activity related to the U.S. election. Donald Trump is not alone in inquiring about the delay in government response.
On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest fielded a similar question during the day’s press briefing.
Referring to the October 7th statement, he responded, in part, “The intelligence community put forward this statement as soon as they were able…they had to confirm across 17 different government agencies that they had high confidence that this is exactly what had transpired.”
Earnest further noted, “It would have been inappropriate for White House figures, including the president of the United States, to be rushing the intelligence community…because we were concerned about the negative impact it was having on the president’s preferred candidate in the presidential election.
He also commented, “There was ample evidence that was known long before the election, and in most cases long before October, about the Trump campaign and Russia, everything from the Republican nominee himself calling on Russia to hack his opponent. It might be an indication that he was obviously aware and concluded, based on whatever facts or sources he had available to him, that Russia was involved and their involvemen
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