https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-...
"Russia tried to get people to vote for candidate X" can be true even when "Russia tried to stop people voting by breaking machines" isn't.
You might also recall a Senate Republican-led effort that determined that Russia did attempt to influence us elections in favor of Trump, unless you are avoiding facts that don't confirm your priors.
At Trump's request though? That was the lie from Obama.
Obama didn't actually talk about Russian election interference until after the 2016 election due to a fear it would appear partisan. In interviews afterward, he avoided suggesting Trump or his campaign coordinated with Russia at all.
I can't find anything about Obama accusing Trump of asking Russia to interfere. It would be so out of character that it is hard to believe.
The problem was that Obama didn’t do anything about it, include calling it out at the time.
The rest of the evidence makes it even more damning.
Trump worked on a massive plan with Putin to influence the US election. However, rather than bothering with encrypted messages, dead drops etc, they both decided that the best way to manage this TOP SECRET PLOT was for Trump to ask for help from Russia in a TV interview.
Who is dumber - the one who does the dumb thing, or the one who refuses to believe that the person did the dumb thing literally right in front of them, and then refuses to act.
No one has to be sophisticated when the world is willfully this stupid. The US is like the wife that insists their husband is faithful (and punishes the kids who try to say something) while the husband is literally cheating right in front of them.
PBS:
"“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press,” Trump said in a July 27, 2016 news conference."
Wikipedia:
These emails were subsequently leaked by DCLeaks in June and July 2016[2] and by WikiLeaks on July 22, 2016, just before the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Commi...
The RNC systems were also hacked, and their emails never released. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...]
It’s this shit that makes everyone laugh at people doing what you’re doing. Because you’re incredibly dumb.
But as I'm learning, you can't argue people out of a conspiracy theory.
But I guess it’s true that he could literally shoot someone on 5th Ave and get away with it, eh? [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/23/donald-trump...]