Trump blames Obama for his Russian woes
The president seems to believe that his predecessor set him up so that his 2016 election opponent could win
On Monday, President Trump accused the Obama administration of attempting to boost the presidential chances of Hillary Clinton by discrediting him with a probe into Russia’s ties into the United States’ electoral process.
Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5, 2018
The election investigation it is speculated Trump is referring to is the one that was opened in July 2016, looking into links between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
James Comey, who led the process of overseeing that investigation, was fired in May 2017 to much controversy. FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed to continue that probe at the time.
Still, it’s clear that Trump would rather not have to deal with all of the attention from the Russia investigations.
Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation? Why didn’t Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren’t Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2018
It’s no secret that Trump hasn’t been happy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions since he recused himself from the Russia investigation. He’s been clear that he believes the Russia investigation is a “deep state” conspiracy by the Justice Department and the FBI.
More Obama Accusations
Trump also took to Twitter to quote Obama as saying of the Russian interference in the election:
“There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you could even rig America’s elections, there’s no evidence that that has happened in the past or that it will happen this time, and so I’d invite Mr. Trump to stop whining and make his case to get votes.” …..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
Trump then tweeted:
….The President Obama quote just before election. That’s because he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win and he didn’t want to “rock the boat.” When I easily won the Electoral College, the whole game changed and the Russian excuse became the narrative of the Dems.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018
As usual the facts aren’t on Donald Trump’s side. President Obama imposed sanctions on Russia and kicked out 35 Russia diplomats, in addition to shutting down two of their compounds in the US, according to CNN.
The aforementioned tweet storm came after the Department of Justice announced that a grand jury had indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for conspiracy to defraud the United States.
The grand jury, which was pulled together by special counsel Robert Mueller, is looking into the influence that Russia and Russian nationals had on the 2016 election. Mueller is also reportedly looking into any ties that the Trump campaign had with Russia and Russian nationals.
