Thread: Despite Promise, Trump Divulges No New Election Hacking Details

Despite Promise, Trump Divulges No New Election Hacking Details

By Brian Ross
Jan 4, 2017, 11:56 PM ET

The day that Donald Trump promised to reveal what no one else knew about the hacking of the Democratic Party has come and gone.

On New Year’s Eve, Trump said that he knows "things that other people don’t know, and so they cannot be sure of the situation."

Pressed by a reporter for details, Trump said, "you’ll find out Tuesday or Wednesday."

But as the day came to a close, Trump hadn’t revealed any more details about the hacking of his campaign opponents, admitting only – in a tweet – that "somebody hacked the DNC," and alleging the party had weak cyber defenses.

On Tuesday, however, Trump continued to taunt the U.S. intelligence community about its assessment that Russia was behind the cyber-attacks, tweeting: “The ‘Intelligence’ briefing on so-called ‘Russian hacking’ was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!”

But there was no delay, according to U.S. officials, the briefing was always scheduled for Friday.

But while insulting U.S. intelligence, Trump has been embracing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is considered by many to be an enemy of America and who appeared for an extended interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Tuesday night.

Referring to the source who leaked stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee to his website, Assange said, the "source is not the Russian government and it is not a state party."

The appearance and subsequent Tweets from Trump showed an alliance that just a few years ago would have seemed unthinkable.

On Fox News six years ago, Trump attacked Wikileaks for publishing U.S. secrets, saying “I think it’s disgraceful…I think there should be like death penalty or something.”

Regardless, U.S. officials said that Assange doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

“There’s no way that Assange would have any idea who was behind dropping this information off,” said Matt Olsen, a former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and an ABC News contributor. “The Russian intelligence services are clearly capable of hiding their tracks.”

And with only about two weeks until Trump becomes commander in chief, the nation’s top Democrat is warning Trump that he could face payback once in office.

“You take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” said. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. “Even for a practical, supposedly hard-nosed businessman, he’s being really dumb to do this.”

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And with only about two weeks until Trump becomes commander in chief, the nation’s top Democrat is warning Trump that he could face payback once in office.

“You take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,” said. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. “Even for a practical, supposedly hard-nosed businessman, he’s being really dumb to do this.”

So the "top Democrat" in the US Senate is stating it's "dumb" of a President to challenge the "intelligence community" because if you do then the "intelligence community" will somehow punish you in six ways from Sunday? REALLY?!!

Let me count the "six ways". Hmmmm.

1. kidnap your children
2. assassinate you
3. give you fake news
4. release your picture naked in the shower
5. release your wife's picture naked in the shower
6. frame you for a crime

Schumer, you're a complete bozo, an incompetent crook, and a criminal accomplice. You had a friend in Trump and together you could have worked well on several issues to help make America great again. Instead, you've just proven beyond any doubt that the corruption of our government has no bounds and is condoned by evil sloths like you.

If you think for a minute that your threat against the President-elect of the United States scares him for a second, then you need to think again. If you think the American people are going to support unknown, untold people in the "intelligence community" threatening our President, then you're out of your mind!!

Almost sound like a threat. Sounds like something a mobster would of said in the 40's this is their mentality. So is Trump supposed to be afraid of payback to look into it and get all the information before making a decision? This is what is wrong with our government no one is held responsible for wrong doing.

Exactly. The "intelligence community" is exposing itself and the mobsters who support the way they're operating. Trump needs to clean up these agencies and get them straight. Like we as a nation don't have enough problems, we now see we have a huge problem in our intelligence agencies. Lies about Iraq, lies about Syria, lies about Libya, lies about Russia, and I suspect that's just scratching the surface.