As far as we know, President Obama, who announced to the country that there was “no definitive judgement” on the motives driving Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, is still struggling to untangle the movies of the shooter who picked off cops in a sniper-style attack in Dallas.
The president doesn’t like to speculate when it comes to motives, which makes the White House’s stance on the leak of DNC emails a little unusual. Sure, the FBI is on the case, but is it possible that Russia was behind the hack in an effort to influence the U.S. election?
JUST IN: @POTUS to @SavannahGuthrie: "anything's possible" when it comes to Russia trying to influence #Election2016 https://t.co/EE78qDMSUu
— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) July 26, 2016
"Anything's possible," says Pres Obama, asked by @SavannahGuthrie if Russia trying to influence US pres election by hacking @TheDemocrats.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 26, 2016
Pres Obama says @FBI still investigating hack of DNC, but says Russians known to hack our systems. Can't say what Russia's motives are.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 26, 2016
"Is it possible … that the Russians would try to influence the U.S. election?"
"Anything's possible," @POTUS said.https://t.co/Xpt3mhqJbE— POLITICO (@politico) July 26, 2016
Anything’s possible? That’s quite a change from the official White House position yesterday.
WH not leveling charges at any country for hacking at DNC. Expects @FBI to conduct a careful investigation.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 25, 2016
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Either that was a really quick, careful investigation, or the president is perfectly content to let the idea float out there.
Obama says "anything's possible" on whether Russia hacked Dem emails. Translation: There's no evidence but we want this to be the story.
— Crispin Rovere (@crispinrovere) July 26, 2016
Earlier Tuesday, Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz was equally coy when asked if Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were conspiring against Hillary Clinton.
"You'll have to ask Moscow. I'm sure they'll get right back to you." – @Schultz44, asked if WH suspects Putin supports @realDonaldTrump.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 26, 2016
Good point; you’d be just as likely to get a timely response to an FOIA request from the Obama administration.
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