Trump attacks Obama's handling of Russian meddling

And even some top Democrats have begun questioning why Obama waited so long to identify - nevermind address - the Russian threat.

In a tweet Monday morning, Trump said the Russian Federation investigation has turned up "zero "tapes" of T [rump] people colluding. There is no collusion & no obstruction", he continued, before stating, "I should be given apology!" "I should be given apology!", Trump wrote.

In claiming that the Obama administration ignored Russian meddling because they expected Hillary Clinton to win, the only thing Trump actually accomplished was acknowledging a Russian interference he has REPEATEDLY denied ever happened!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017.and did not want to "rock the boat".

In a series of tweets Monday morning, Mr. Trump acknowledged Russian meddling in the election and accused Mr. Obama of ignoring it past year despite learning of the hacking in August.

The biggest story to dominate the political headlines for the last six months has been over#Donald Trump and his alleged ties to Russian Federation.

Former Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairman Philip Johnston said while the investigation proceeds, "Democrats need to develop a strong economic message that will resonate with the people that may be more inclined to support Trump". The U.S. intelligence community concluded that Moscow interfered in the U.S. election specifically to help Trump win. As a result, the Justice Department, Senate and House Intelligence Committees as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation are exploring possible links between Trump's transition team and Russian officials.

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The Washington Post said it wasn't until December 9 - a month after the election - that President Obama ordered a comprehensive review by USA intelligence agencies of Russian interference in US elections going back to 2008, with a plan to make some of the findings public.

In July of 2016, Donald Trump said: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you can find the 33,000 emails that are missing". But nobody wants to talk about that.

"You take words and you do everything you can to make them meaningless. It's an incredible thing", Trump continued.

The paper reported that the previous administration issued four warnings to Moscow - including one Mr Obama delivered directly to Mr Putin - causing Moscow to pull back on possible plans to sabotage United States voting operations.

Trump has often expressed deep frustration over accusations that individuals in his orbit colluded with Russian Federation during the election and assertions that he may have tried to personally influence the FBI's probe into the matter.

"The Democrats have become nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS, they have no policies or ideas".