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Obama didn’t want to ‘upset the apple cart’ by investigating Russians: Trump

28 May 2018 06:10

Islam Times - US President Donald Trump has said that his predecessor, Barack Obama, knew about the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 American election but did not do anything to stop it.

Trump said on Sunday afternoon that Obama was informed of the Russian meddling by the FBI, but chose not to act on that information because he thought Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was going to win the vote.

“Why didn’t President Obama do something about the so-called Russian Meddling when he was told about it by the FBI before the Election?” Trump asked in a tweet. “Because he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win, and he didn’t want to upset the apple cart!”

Trump has blamed Obama for not doing anything about Russia’s alleged efforts to influence the 2016 election. He has also said that Russians meddled in the election in favor of Clinton.

The US Justice Department’s Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the alleged Russian meddling and has indicted several Russian nationals and Russian entities accused of interfering in elections in the United States.  
 
The indictment alleges the goal of the Russians was to support then-candidate Trump and hurt his Clinton.

Trump has repeatedly denied allegations that his campaign colluded with Russians and has condemned the investigations. Russia has also denied the allegations. Trump has also labeled Mueller’s investigation as a “witch hunt,” and has suggested that Russians might have meddled in favor of Clinton.

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