White House concedes Russia meddled in campaign, but denies it changed the result

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

Source: Yahoo news

WASHINGTON — The White House Thursday addressed the joint intelligence report that found Russia had attempted to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, more than five months after the report’s conclusions were made public. First, on Twitter, President Trump dismissed the concerns about Russia as a “big Dem HOAX” and suggested that his predecessor, President Barack Obama, did little to confront the problem. White House aides then clarified Trump’s remarks and said he believes there was Russian meddling but is certain it did not affect the outcome of the race.
Trump had previously suggested that the questions about Russia’s involvement in the election were overblown and “fake news.” As recently as Tuesday, press secretary Sean Spicer declined to answer a question at the White House briefing about whether Trump believes Russia interfered in the presidential race. Spicer said he and Trump had “not sat down and talked … about that specific thing.” Spicer and his deputy, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, frequently deflect questions about contentious issues by saying they haven’t spoken to the president about them.
The public version of the intelligence community’s election assessment, which was released in January and was compiled by all 17 of America’s intelligence agencies, concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the campaign interference. According to the report, the Russian effort included email hacks on the campaign of Trump’s Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee. The agencies said information from those hacks was released to hurt the Democrats and boost Trump, but the report specified that it “did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-concedes-russia-meddled-campaign-denies-changed-result-201048140.html

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[SHRED]

1. Waiting for tRump's reversal in 3...2...1...

[Hoyt]

2. Clearly they did, as we have their elections. I don't really think it changed results though.

We lost, but not because of DNC hacking or Ruskies trying to get into voter rolls.

Our Cyber-security definitely needs improving, because this stuff ain't going away. Anyone collaborating with Ruskies needs to be prosecuted.

[Moostache]

3. Donny 2 Scoops has a sad...

He is upset that no one will rid him of this meddlesome investigation. He is sad because the fact of Russian interference clearly targeted only to hurt Clinton and by extension help him means that the popular vote loser is even LESS responsible for his "great victory" and an even more pathetic (I know, did not think that was POSSIBLE either) loser than we already know.

He will shriek about this and anything and everything else that makes him feel bad about himself...people should follow him around with mirrors all day and force him to look at what a bloated, unnatural looking piece of shit in a poorly fitting suit he really is....shatter his residual self-image and make him see himself for exactly what he is...a 71 year old fat ass with no friends, emotional baggage and a hideous life.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. This is why he keeps having "campaign style rallies"

so the bused in audience can cheer his greatness.

[Moostache]

5. If only the bus would break loose and run them ALL over...(n/t)

[BumRushDaShow]

7. !!!

[Skittles]

6. this is why we know there was collusion

how they they KNOW there was "no effect"? this is why: THEY KNOW THAT IS HOW THEY WON.

[rockfordfile]

8. Of course it helped to change the results.

[defacto7]

9. baby steps... nt

[elmac]

10. By itself it may not have changed the outcome

but combined with repug voter suppression and billionaire pacs flooding the airways with fake news it sure did have an impact on the election.

[flibbitygiblets]

11. Ahem...then why does Donnie 2 Scoops keep trying to shut down the investigation?

oh, and while we're at it, why did he have the Russian Ambassador in the Oval, bragging about how he fired the guy who was looking into it?

You do know we have "tapes" of that, don't you Donnie?

[Sancho]

12. Hate to say it, but years from now Obama will be remembered as the President who let democracy fail.

Eventually, the conclusion will be that Hillary won, and the elections was manipulated.

Deserved or not, it happened on Obama's watch. History will be cruel. The good will be overlooked by this insane scandal.

[Marthe48]

13. if somebody in the White House says it didn't

then you know it did.