He did. 1/7
This is Obama confronting Vladimir Putin on the G20 Leaders Summit in Hangzhou on September 5, 2016.
Obama personally confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin and told him to back off.
You said you believed Putin when he said ‘I didn’t do that’. 2/7
Obama personally confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin and told him to back off.
You said you believed Putin when he said ‘I didn’t do that’. 2/7
Obama called out Russia's meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
You denied Russian meddling even after 17 American intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered. 3/7
You denied Russian meddling even after 17 American intelligence agencies concluded that Russia interfered. 3/7
Intelligence agency leaders informed leaders in Congress of their conclusions. Mitch McConnell questioned the White House's conclusions.
Obama wanted to issue a bipartisan statement calling out Russia's meddling.
McConnell refused to join in publicly condemning Russia. 4/7
Obama wanted to issue a bipartisan statement calling out Russia's meddling.
McConnell refused to join in publicly condemning Russia. 4/7
When Obama received the CIA report in August, he instructed aides to evaluate how the election system could be vulnerable and to get other agencies to back up the CIA's discovery. 5/7
October 7, the Obama administration publicly identified Russia as being behind election-related hacks, issuing a joint statement from Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence. 6/7
Obama instructed Homeland Security to protect voting-related systems from cyber intrusions.
You suggested forming a Cyber Security unit with Putin. 7/7
You suggested forming a Cyber Security unit with Putin. 7/7
