Why It Matters That Trump Isn't Taking the Russia Hack Seriously

 

by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 

Trump isn't taking Russia's hack seriously. And that's the biggest story of all

Out of all of the recent developments in the news about Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential race — the CIA's conclusion that it was done to help Donald Trump, the NBC report that Vladimir Putin was personally involved — the biggest has been Trump's reaction.

First, he criticized the CIA. "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction," his transition team said in a statement after the Washington Post's scoop last week. Second, Trump questioned — falsely — why it took the Obama administration so long to act on the claims of Russian interference. "If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act?" he tweeted. "Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?" (In fact, the Obama administration on Oct. 7 named Russia as being behind the hacks.) 

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Source: NBC News