Regarding hacking: Obama told Putin to "cut it out"in September 2016

[Beaverhausen]

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/obama-putin-232754

“What I was concerned about in particular was making sure [the DNC hack] wasn't compounded by potential hacking that could hamper vote counting, affect the actual election process itself,” the president said at his end-of-year press conference. “So in early September when I saw president Putin in China, I felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didn't happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out and there were going to be serious consequences if he didn't. And in fact we did not see further tampering of the election process.”

Multiple media outlets have reported that U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that Putin was directly involved in his government’s efforts to meddle in last month’s election.

Obama on Friday would not directly confirm Putin’s involvement in the cyberattacks but implied that such an action could only have happened with the Russian strong man’s say-so. It was the closest the president has come to fingering Putin directly for the attacks.

[emulatorloo]

1. Yes it is very important that we as DU'ers amplify and reinforce Trump's half truth talking points

<sarcasm>

Trump responds to Mueller indictments - by blaming Obama
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142109245

Or should that read DU responds to Mueller indictments - by blaming Obama?

Either way Trump gets a free pass apparently.

[duforsure]

2. Didn't he impose sanctions against him too?

trumps weak on russia and putin , and conspiring with him against this country, again telling everyone the opposite.