Trump Blames Obama for Russia, Once Again

President Donald Trump kicked off the workweek by pointing fingers at former President Barack Obama for a foreign nation’s intrusion in the 2016 U.S. election, using a series of tweeted statements to place blame on his predecessor.

The president apparently was harping on a blockbuster Washington Post article from last week that took readers behind the scenes of the Obama White House’s attempts to reduce Russia’s meddling in the election. Trump has taken it a step further, tweeting that the former president hadn’t “choked” in dealing with Russia, as the article suggests, but instead “colluded or obstructed” in an effort to secure the election of Trump's Democratic opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win and did not want to 'rock the boat,'" Trump wrote before 9 a.m. in Washington. "He didn't 'choke,' he colluded or obstructed, and it did the Dems and Crooked Hillary no good."

In attacking Obama, Trump appears to be deflecting allegations that his 2016 presidential campaign colluded with the Kremlin to sway the election in his favor and against Clinton, as well as allegations that he obstructed justice by firing James Comey as FBI director. Comey at the time was ramping up a federal probe into Russia’s involvement and actions the year prior. "The real story is that President Obama did NOTHING after being informed in August about Russian meddling," Trump continued.

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