“You look at the level of investment they are making”.
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Almost three-quarters of Americans are anxious about foreign interference in United States elections – and six in 10 are concerned President Donald Trump isn’t taking it seriously.
Mr. Trump, before and after his stunning election victory, has denied any collusion with Russian Federation, and has often called the Mueller probe a “witch hunt”. The two presidents communicated via translators. Any one of those inquiries could result in serious problems for the president.
When Reed then asked whether Rogers had received a directive from Trump “given the strategic threat that faces the United States and the significant consequences you recognize already”, the intelligence officials replied, “No, I have not”.
The nation’s intelligence agencies have already concluded that Russian Federation interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
In September 2017, he tweeted about Russian ad-buying on Facebook to influence voters, calling it a continuation of the “Russia hoax”. A USA Today/Suffolk University poll out Monday, though, shows that fewer than 1 in 5 Americans doubt Russian Federation made a serious attempt to meddle in the election.
Though the USA media and political establishment gave Clinton a 98 percent chance to become president in 2016, she lost to Trump – and she has blamed the loss on former FBI Director James Comey, WikiLeaks and “the Russians”, including President Vladimir Putin personally. “While the president has launched regular Tweet storms deriding the investigation, our poll shows that most voters are not swayed by that messaging”. She has long blamed Russian interference, as well as former FBI Director James Comey’s public statements on her email case and a range of other factors, for her loss.
Its provenance, bawdiness and rumormongering has been cited by Mr. Trump and some other Republicans as showing that the Russian Federation collusion story is “fake news” or worse.
Trump is free to defend himself against these allegations – they are at this point suppositions, after all, and no formal charges have been made against him yet.
Instead, he spent much of his time responding to questions about Russian election interference and the role U.S. Cyber Command plays in the defense of the nation’s cybersecurity from lawmakers who expressed confusion about the fragmented nature of cybersecurity policy authority across different departments. In all, more than 20 indictments have been issued by the special counsel, approved by a grand jury.
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It’s the 25th time on Twitter he’s called it a “witch hunt” since taking office.
