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Monday, June 26, 2017
Trump slams Obama, demands ‘apology’ over Russia probe
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump demands an apology over the Russia investigation rocking his presidency, as he keeps up a days-long attack on Barack Obama for his handling of intelligence about election meddling by Moscow.
In a storm of morning tweets, Trump charges that his predecessor “colluded and obstructed” by failing to act after the CIA informed him Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered an operation to help defeat Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the November vote.
“The real story is that President Obama did NOTHING after being informed in August about Russian meddling,” Trump writes. “With 4 months looking at Russia under a magnifying glass, they have zero ‘tapes’ of T [Trump] people colluding. There is no collusion & no obstruction. I should be given apology!”
“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.'”
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