Trump ignores intelligence and continues peddling disinformation

Trump ignores intelligence and continues peddling disinformation

Politico reports:

[During a nearly hour-long interview] Trump repeated his claims, which had been debunked less than 24 hours earlier by no less than his former top Russia adviser, that Ukraine is harboring the servers of the Democratic National Committee that the FBI determined had been hacked by Russia in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

“It is very interesting, it is very interesting, they have the server, right? From the DNC,” Trump said. “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade jumped in, asking the president who he was referring to.

“The FBI went in, and they told them get out of here. We’re not giving it to you. They gave the server to Crowdstrike, or whatever it is called, which is a company owned by a very wealthy Ukrainian. I still want to see that server. You know, the FBI’s still never gotten that server.”

“Are you sure they did that? Are you sure they gave it to Ukraine?” host Steve Doocy countered.

“That is what the word is,” Trump responded. [Continue reading…]

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