White House Hits Back Against Trump, Bolton Claims Of Hacking 'Conspiracy'

[DonViejo]

By MATT SHUHAM
Published DECEMBER 12, 2016, 1:52 PM EDT

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest defended the intelligence community on Monday against charges from President-elect Donald Trump that their assessments of Russian interference in the U.S. election couldn’t be trusted.

“President Obama is certainly not the first president to have enjoyed the benefits of the experts in our intelligence community,” Earnest said in his daily press briefing, responding to a question about Trump’s recent comments. “I’m confident that the President-elect would benefit from that advice, if he remains open to it.”

“You did not need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious Russian cyber activity,” Earnest said in response to a separate question.

“The president-elect did not call it into question. He called on Russia to hack his opponent. He called on Russia to hack Sec. Clinton. So he certainly had a pretty good sense of whose side this activity was coming down on," he continued. "The last several weeks of the election were focused on a discussion of emails that had been hacked and leaked by the Russians. These were emails from the DNC and John Podesta, not from the RNC and Steve Bannon.”

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[riversedge]

1. We need our leaders in Congress to step forward-hold press conferences and speak out about

this NOW.

[KittyWampus]

2. Yup, Trump called for Russia to hack Clinton's email. On National TV.