By... you guessed it Russia, Russia, Russia
Think the Russians were just taking a look? So, an "exceptionally small" number of States were "successfully penetrated." How many is that 2-3? 5-6? How many States does one need to breech in order to carry out their intentions?
I'll remind, that the original FBI investigation was concerning Russia's attempt to influence the 2016 election. The president fired Director Comey, after Gen Flynn was dismissed due to lying about his "European" connections, by telling Lester Holt:
Odd.... since, in Trump's dismissal letter, he thanked Comey for telling him on THREE operate occasions, that he wasn't under investigation. Did the president assume that because of the probable investigation into Flynn/Russian connections, that the investigation would expand to him... or did he have a more hands on approach?
https://www.gq.com/story/official-confirms-hacked-voter-rollsOn Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security head of cybersecurity Jeanette Manfra confirmed to NBC News that although "she couldn't talk about classified information publicly," DHS saw Russia target 21 states' voter registration rolls in 2016. A "exceptionally small number of them," she added, "were actually successfully penetrated."
Think the Russians were just taking a look? So, an "exceptionally small" number of States were "successfully penetrated." How many is that 2-3? 5-6? How many States does one need to breech in order to carry out their intentions?
I'll remind, that the original FBI investigation was concerning Russia's attempt to influence the 2016 election. The president fired Director Comey, after Gen Flynn was dismissed due to lying about his "European" connections, by telling Lester Holt:
“In fact when I decided to just do it,” Trump says, “I said to myself, I said, ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won.’ ”
Odd.... since, in Trump's dismissal letter, he thanked Comey for telling him on THREE operate occasions, that he wasn't under investigation. Did the president assume that because of the probable investigation into Flynn/Russian connections, that the investigation would expand to him... or did he have a more hands on approach?