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Home Front: Politix
Former ambassador to Russia: Putin wanted 'revenge' against Clinton
2016-12-12
[The Hill] Russia interfered in the U.S. elections to get revenge against Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. ambassador to the Kremlin said Sunday.

Michael McFaul, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help Donald Trump win the presidency to hurt Clinton.

"Let's remember that Vladimir Putin thinks [Clinton] interfered in his election -- the parliamentary election in December 2011 -- and has said as much publicly, and I've heard him talk about it privately," McFaul said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The New York Times reported last week that American intelligence agencies concluded that Russia acted covertly to harm Clinton's campaign and promote Trump.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  Dear Ambassador, remember Kosovo - Russians do?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-12-12 22:32  

#9  #7 Heh. Maybe it was Bibi after all. Wouldn't that be fitting.

If anyone could pull it of, it would be the Joooooooooooooooooos.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2016-12-12 18:05  

#8  Former ambassador to Russia: Putin wanted 'revenge' against Clinton

Except, he didn't have to wait in line given how inept she was in handling important materials. As another poster mentioned the other day, she took the safeties off the torpedo.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-12-12 13:00  

#7  Heh. Maybe it was Bibi after all. Wouldn't that be fitting.
Posted by: gorb   2016-12-12 11:19  

#6  Lessee. Obumble didn't even try to hide his efforts to meddle in Israel's elections. So, good for thee, but not for me, which is, after all a core dem operating principle. If swil really did use her position as Secretary of State to fiddle with Putin's election, that'd be "reap what you sow, baby..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2016-12-12 10:47  

#5  I imagine if the Russians had really interfered we'd have seen much more serious stuff coming out on Wikileaks.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2016-12-12 10:32  

#4  That Putin thinks HRC screwed with him in his 2011 election would be sufficient motivation to give her some problems.
I believe that no matter who HRC ran against in the "finals," the Pub or Indy candidate would have benefited from Mr. Putin's pique. Is that "help?" Yeah, I guess so, but serendipitously.

Why no talk about the "home-brew" server and what may have been gleaned from it? And how?
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-12-12 09:10  

#3  "McFaul, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help Donald Trump win the presidency to hurt Clinton." And I think the Golden State Warriors threw the championship.
Posted by: Heriberto Greper9897   2016-12-12 08:44  

#2  It has to be somebody from the outside - it' couldn't be just Americans getting tired of you people?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-12-12 03:57  

#1  "Let's remember that Vladimir Putin thinks [Clinton] interfered in his election

Yea right, Vlad thought he might lose the Russian election due to Clinton's involvement. Ok, I get it now.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-12-12 02:59  

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