The real headline here is that the months leading up to the 2016 election, remember, this was Donald Trump running against Hillary Clinton. The intelligence community consistently assessed over and over again that Russia had neither the intent nor the capability to impact the outcome of the U.S. election. And that's a really important point here because in early December, after Donald Trump was elected, after he defeated Hillary Clinton in that historic election, President Obama called together a meeting of his National Security Council leadership. (01:58)
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Asserts that U.S. intelligence consistently found Russia lacked intent and capability to impact the 2016 election.
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