Trump Security Adviser Unsurprisingly Says He's Seen No Evidence Of Russia Helping Trump
President Donald Trump’s top security adviser claimed in a recent interview with ABC News that he hasn’t seen evidence of Russia working to sway the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Trump’s favor.
When asked by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos whether he’s seen anything from the intelligence community that indicates Russia is working to bring about Trump’s re-election, national security adviser Robert O’Brien said no.
“I haven’t seen any intelligence that Russia is doing anything to attempt to get President Trump re-elected,” O’Brien said, noting that, as a national security adviser, he gets “pretty good access” to information from the intelligence community.
The full interview with O’Brien aired on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday. A transcript was made public Saturday.
"I haven't seen any intelligence that Russia is doing anything to attempt to get President Trump reelected," Robert O'Brien tells @GStephanopoulos amid reports that intel officials told lawmakers Russia is meddling in 2020, with a preference for Trump. https://t.co/kHUIBjiIBBpic.twitter.com/AxdWI6mqEr
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 23, 2020
O’Brien called the reports a “non-story,” despite Russia’s history of tampering with elections in Trump’s favor. The intelligence community concluded in 2017 that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee with the ultimate aim of helping secure Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential contest.
The Associated Press, citing anonymous sources, received contradicting reports about whether there was intel on Russia pushing for Trump’s reelection.
An intelligence official told the AP that intelligence officials did not tell House committee members that Russia was trying to aid Trump’s campaign. However, others familiar with that meeting said Russia was indeed trying to do just that.
One source who was present at the meeting...
