Gabard's Russia allegations contradict other Trump-officials

Gabard's Russia allegations contradict other Trump-officials

as President Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin On the assessment of his own secret services regarding the Russian interference in US elections in 2016, there was a clear criticism by Marco Rubio, a Senator from Florida. Rubio confirmed that the assessment of the secret services was "100 % correct" and emphasized that Russia actually intervened in the elections.

criticism of Trump's attitude

Rubio said in 2018: "It was obviously not a good moment for the government. Hopefully something like that never happens again." But seven years later we experience the same situation: Trump and his most loyal allies attempts to sprinkle doubts about this incident and punish their political opponents. This is now expressed in threats of the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who strives for criminal references and even Allegations raised against important civil servants of the Obama administration.

disagreement within the Trump administration

Gabbard's argument has many weaknesses of how even critics of the Russia investigation have found. Her approach to question the interference of Russia in the 2016 elections is in clear contradiction to several high-ranking civil servants of the Trump administration, in particular Rubio and the parliamentary studies led by Republicans.

to say it clearly: Gabard suggests that there was no Russian interference. In a memo published last week. You that the CIA "came to the conclusion that Russia intervened to help President Trump." The memo rejected the claim that Putin initiated a campaign to support Trump against Hillary Clinton.

false representations of reality

In fact, this document - a daily report by the President - only refers to the close aspect that Russia has not "tried to influence the election results through malicious cyber activities against the election infrastructure." So it emphasizes a specific and serious aspect of possible election manipulation without saying that such intervention would actually have taken place.

Gabard's statements are in strong contrast to the reports and statements of their colleagues from the Trump administration. For example, John Ratcliffe, the current CIA director and then in office as director of national intelligence, confirmed in his confirmation hearing that Russia intervened. "Russia interfered in the 2016 elections," said Ratcliffe. "You also interfered in 2018 and will try to do this in 2020."

conclusion and outlook

Today, Trump's administration tries to blur the boundaries between truth and fiction. This confusion continues to be scattered, and the officials will apparently not stop, even if their previous statements contradict their current positions.