Donald Trump's Russian hacking denials ignore the fact that he asked Russia to hack Hillary Clinton [View all]

Donald Trump's comments about hacking and the intelligence community don't mesh with things he actually said

MATTHEW ROZSA

President-elect Donald Trump greeted morning visitors to his infamous Twitter stream with one of his ubiquitous tantrums on Monday morning. This time they concerned allegations of Russian hacking.

Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

Can you imagine if the election results were the opposite and WE tried to play the Russia/CIA card. It would be called conspiracy theory!

8:17 AM - 12 Dec 2016
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Donald J. Trump ✔
@realDonaldTrump

Unless you catch "hackers" in the act, it is very hard to determine who was doing the hacking. Why wasn't this brought up before election?

8:21 AM - 12 Dec 2016
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Although Trump characterized the discussion of Russia’s alleged hacking as a partisan move, Republican security experts including Arizona Sen. John McCain and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham have both agreed with the White House and intelligence community’s consensus that Russia was responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee.

Similarly, although Trump claimed to now know why the issue hadn’t been raised before Election Day, he was, in fact, directly asked about the hacking during his Oct. 19 presidential debate with Hillary Clinton.

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http://www.salon.com/2016/12/12/donald-trumps-russia-hacking-denials-ignore-that-he-asked-russia-to-hack-hillary-clinton/