U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday accusing Barack Obama of collusion and obstruction, in an attempt to help Hillary Clinton win the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Trump tweeted the reason Obama did nothing about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling, is that he expected Clinton would win.
On Friday, a Washington Post story stated that the CIA notified Obama that Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in “a cyber campaign to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race.”
The intelligence briefings went on to suggest Putin’s directions were intended to damage or even potentially prevent Clinton from defeating Trump.
Based on interviews with more than three dozen current and former senior U.S. officials, the Post report raises more questions about Russia’s meddling in the election and details how the Obama administration struggled to respond to Putin’s apparent attack against the U.S.
Trump suggested in a tweet Monday that Obama “didn’t want to rock the boat” and it did the Democratic party and “crooked Hillary” no good.
Trump ended the stream of tweets saying he should be given an apology.
— With files from Andrew Russell and Kevin Nielsen