Trump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nPresident Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of inaction over alleged Russian interference in the US election in 2016.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump said Mr Obama had learned well before the 8 November poll about the accusations and \u201cdid nothing\u201d.<\/p>\n
His comments followed an article in the Washington Post which said that Mr Obama learned last August of President Vladimir Putin\u2019s \u201cdirect involvement\u201d.<\/p>\n
The alleged meddling is the subject of high-level investigations in the US.
President Putin has repeatedly denied any Russian interference into the presidential election.<\/p>\n
The Washington Post article says Mr Obama was told early last August by sources deep within the Russian government that Mr Putin was directly involved in a cyber campaign to disrupt the election, injure Hillary Clinton and aid a Trump victory.<\/p>\n
The Post said Mr Obama secretly debated dozens of options to punish Russia but in the end settled on what it called symbolic measures \u2013 the expulsion of 35 diplomats and closure of two Russian compounds. They came in late December, well after the election.<\/p>\n
The Post reported that Mr Obama was concerned he might himself be seen as trying to manipulate the election.<\/p>\n
The paper quoted a former administration official as saying: \u201cFrom national security people there was a sense of immediate introspection, of, \u2018Wow, did we mishandle this\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Measures Mr Obama had considered but which were not put into action included planting cyber weapons in the Russian infrastructure and releasing information personally damaging to Mr Putin.<\/p>\n
Obama\u2019s dilemma<\/b><\/p>\n
Imagine, for a moment, that you\u2019re Barack Obama in August 2016. You\u2019ve just been informed by the CIA that Vladimir Putin has ordered a wide-ranging effort to disrupt the US presidential election.<\/p>\n
What do you do? Mr Obama responded in typical fashion \u2013 cautiously. He alerted state officials, warned Russia and attempted (unsuccessfully) to fashion a bipartisan response with Republicans in Congress.<\/p>\n
Now the second-guessing has begun. Some Democrats are saying the Obama team should have gone public with such a startling discovery before election day.<\/p>\n
The president feared such a move would prompt the Republican nominee to accuse him of meddling and undermine faith in the electoral process. He believed Mrs Clinton was going to win anyway, so it was best not to rock the boat.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump himself is now questioning why Mr Obama didn\u2019t do more \u2013 a curious position given that he recently described the Russia hacking story as a Democratic \u201choax\u201d.<\/p>\n
These latest revelations add yet another wrinkle to a 2016 campaign that will be hashed and rehashed for the foreseeable future. The most pressing question now, however, is not what Mr Obama did. It\u2019s what the US government does next.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump tweeted on Friday: \u201cThe Obama Administration knew far in advance of November 8th about election meddling by Russia. Did nothing about it. WHY?\u201d
He followed that up with two more tweets on Saturday, the second saying: \u201cObama Administration official said they \u201cchoked\u201d when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn\u2019t want to hurt Hillary?\u201d
He repeats the argument in an interview with Fox News, which will air on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he had the information, why didn\u2019t he do something about it? He should have done something about it. But you don\u2019t read that. It\u2019s quite sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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