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Trump officials: Russia meddled in the election

Top homeland security and intelligence officials in President Trump's administration have thrown their support behind the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential campaign, breaking from the president's own wariness to endorse the findings.

At the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on Thursday, Thomas Bossert, the president's homeland security adviser, said there was no question that Russia had meddled in the 2016 election in comments reported by USA Today.

"There is a pretty clear and easy answer to that and that is yes," Bossert said when asked if he backed the conclusion from U.S. intelligence agencies. He added that more should be done to "punish" Russia and other groups for interfering in the election process.

"Not one bad actor is paying for their actions,'' Bossert said.


President Trump's CIA Director Mike Pompeo joined Bossert, asserting that Russia had involved itself in several U.S. elections.

"Of course,'' Pompeo said Thursday when asked if Russia interfered. "And the one before that, and the one before that. "(Russia) has no intention of backing off.''

The remarks from two of President Trump's top intelligence officials are a major break from Trump's own public comments.

Trump has long cast doubt on assertions that the Kremlin sought to interfere in the presidential race to swing the election in his favor. Even since taking office, the president has been reluctant to stand behind the intelligence community on the matter.

In April, he suggested the hacks that roiled the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta during the election "could've been China" or "a lot of different groups."

And during a trip to Poland earlier this month, Trump said that, while the election interference could have been caused by Russia, it also "could very well have been other countries."

"I'm not saying it wasn't Russia,'' Trump said this month.

"What I'm saying is that we have to protect ourselves no matter who it is. You know, China is very good at this," Trump continued. "I hate to say it, North Korea is very good at this. Look what they did to Sony Studios. They were the ones that did the whole deal to Sony. You know, we’re dealing with highly sophisticated people."

Trumpin perjantaina nimittämä Valkoisen talon uusi viestintäjohtaja Anthony Scaramucci sanoi Fox-televisiokanavan haastattelussa, että hän ja Trump olivat keskustelleet siitä, kuinka suuret presidentin armahdusvaltuudet ovat.

– Hän toi sen esille keskustellessamme. Mutta hän sanoi, ettei hän tai kukaan hänen lähipiiristään tarvitse armahdusta. Hän vain teki toteamuksen niistä.

– Presidentin ei tarvitse armahtaa itseään, koska hän ei ole tehnyt mitään väärää, Scaramucci sanoi.

Scaramucci: Aion saada vuodot loppumaan

Viestintäpäällikkö Scaramucci vannoi sunnuntaina Foxin ja CBS:n haastatteluissa, että hän aikoo tehdä lopun vuodoista Valkoisesta talosta.

– Jos vuodot eivät lopu, aion supistaa henkilöstöä, koska ne eivät vain ole oikein, hän sanoi Foxille.

Scaramucci myönsi, ettei hän voi vaikuttaa vuotoihin muista virastoista, mutta aikoi tarttua toimeen Valkoisen talon osalta.

CBS:n haastattelussa hän sanoi, että aikoo muuttaa Valkoisen talon toimintakulttuuria.

– Kaikki voivat jäädä, jos he seuraavat vuotojen vastaista käytäntöä. Jos he aikovat pitää työnsä, he lopettavat vuodot. Jos he jatkavat vuotoja, kaikki saavat potkut, Scaramucci sanoi.

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Hans Normaali wrote:Mikäs tää Trumpin uus viestintäjohtaja on miehiään? Ihan lupaavaa tykittelyä heti kärkeen:

Trumpin perjantaina nimittämä Valkoisen talon uusi viestintäjohtaja Anthony Scaramucci sanoi Fox-televisiokanavan haastattelussa, että hän ja Trump olivat keskustelleet siitä, kuinka suuret presidentin armahdusvaltuudet ovat.

– Hän toi sen esille keskustellessamme. Mutta hän sanoi, ettei hän tai kukaan hänen lähipiiristään tarvitse armahdusta. Hän vain teki toteamuksen niistä.

– Presidentin ei tarvitse armahtaa itseään, koska hän ei ole tehnyt mitään väärää, Scaramucci sanoi.

Scaramucci: Aion saada vuodot loppumaan

Viestintäpäällikkö Scaramucci vannoi sunnuntaina Foxin ja CBS:n haastatteluissa, että hän aikoo tehdä lopun vuodoista Valkoisesta talosta.

– Jos vuodot eivät lopu, aion supistaa henkilöstöä, koska ne eivät vain ole oikein, hän sanoi Foxille.

Scaramucci myönsi, ettei hän voi vaikuttaa vuotoihin muista virastoista, mutta aikoi tarttua toimeen Valkoisen talon osalta.

CBS:n haastattelussa hän sanoi, että aikoo muuttaa Valkoisen talon toimintakulttuuria.

– Kaikki voivat jäädä, jos he seuraavat vuotojen vastaista käytäntöä. Jos he aikovat pitää työnsä, he lopettavat vuodot. Jos he jatkavat vuotoja, kaikki saavat potkut, Scaramucci sanoi.

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Hans Normaali wrote:Mikäs tää Trumpin uus viestintäjohtaja on miehiään?

washington post wrote:Read Anthony Scaramucci’s old tweets. You’ll understand why he deleted them.

In an interview with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday,” Scaramucci said his politics and ideals “don't matter at all” and that he's “subordinating” them to President Trump's agenda.
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In a pair of 2012 tweets, one of which has not yet been deleted, he said that the United States has too many guns and that he's “always been for strong gun control laws.”
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Scaramucci also praised former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney in 2011 for staying out of the “Trump spectacle” and called former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a Trump ally, an “odd guy” who's “so smart with no judgment.”
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In an 2012 post, he appeared to be advocating liberal causes, describing himself as “for Gay Marriage, against the death penalty, and Pro Choice.”
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That same year, he said: “I like Hillary. Have to go with the best athlete. We need to turn this around.”

In a 2016 tweet that appears to contradict Trump's previous statements against Islam, Scaramucci said: "It is a fight within Islam, overwhelming majority see Islam as a religion of peace, want to live in multiracial/ethnic/faith democracies"
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He railed against climate-change deniers:

“You can take steps to combat climate change without crippling the economy. The fact many people still believe CC is a hoax is disheartening,” he tweeted in 2016.

And against Trump's plan for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border:

“Walls don't work. Never have never will. The Berlin Wall 1961-1989 don't fall for it,” he tweeted in 2015.
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In a 2015 Fox Business Network interview, Scaramucci called Trump a “hack” and a bully and said he didn't like how the then-presidential candidate talked about women.
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Trump weighed in Saturday morning, saying Scaramucci wanted to endorse him but didn't know he was going to run. But as The Post's Aaron Blake pointed out, Trump had been a candidate for a month when Scaramucci called him a hack.