White House Accuses Trump of Imploring Russia to Interfere in Election

Responding to questions about the dubious theory that the Russians colluded with Trump’s campaign to win the election for him, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest indignantly denied the possibility that the government might have carried out a “false flag operation” to prove just that before going on to accuse the Republican candidate of directly asking Russia to interfere when he joked that they should publish Hillary Clinton’s missing emails:

• “*GOVT INTELLLIGENCE OFFICIALS ARE `PATRIOTS,’ EARNEST SAYS

• *WHITE HOUSE BACKS REVIEW OF RUSSIA ELECTION INFLUENCE: EARNEST

• *TRUMP CALLED ON RUSSIA TO HACK CLINTON, EARNEST SAYS

• *U.S. REMAINS COMMITTED TO `ONE-CHINA’ POLICY, EARNEST SAYS

Congress has “special responsibility” to probe claims of Russia using hackers to influence election in Donald Trump’s favor, White House spokesman Josh Earnest says in press briefing.

“It was the president elect who hired a campaign chairman with extensive, lucrative campaign ties to Russia,” Earnest says. It “was the president-elect who has a national security adviser on the campaign who was a paid adviser to RT, the Russian propaganda network”

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Source: Zero Hedge