Although he later said he was not aware of an FBI counterintelligence investigation into collusion, any evidence from that did not rise to a level where intelligence agencies included it in a January report on Russian interference.Īnd Mike Morell, a Clinton ally and former acting CIA director, has also said there is no evidence that Trump colluded with Russia. Johnson said he tried, but voters were focused on other things and that former President Obama was worried about appearing to influence the elections.Īs Trump noted, several former top intelligence officials had said there is no evidence that Trump colluded with Russia.ĭirector of National Intelligence James Clapper has said, by the time he left in January, there was no evidence of collusion. Heaven knows there is no reason to not give the world’s premier law enforcement agency, which is the FBI, the evidence they may need to stop another attack from hurting someone else,” he said on Fox News Channel’s The Story after the hearing.ĭemocrats have argued that Russia’s hack of the DNC and top Hillary Clinton aide John Podesta’s emails and their subsequent release on WikiLeaks contributed to Clinton’s loss and that Trump colluded with Russia to win the election.ĭuring the hearing, Democrats asked why Johnson had not said something earlier about Russia’s attempts to influence the election.
#Trump dnc server Patch
There is no reason to not allow DHS to patch or fix a vulnerability in the DNC system. “Typically, the reason is, there is something else you don’t want law enforcement to see. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), a member of the committee, criticized the DNC for refusing the DHS’s help and suggested they were trying to hide something.
He also said he could not explain why the DNC did not turn over its hacked servers to law enforcement, instead allowing a private company to look at it. He said when he reached out to the DNC, they had already been in contact with the FBI and did not need the DHS’s assistance.
Johnson also said the DHS had offered the DNC protection against cyber attacks but that they had refused. Johnson said he was not in a position to know whether a Russian government-directed hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) altered public opinion and subsequently the election. “To my current knowledge, the Russian government did not through any cyber intrusion alter ballots, ballot counts or reporting of election results,” Johnson said.
He told lawmakers that, while Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to orchestrate cyber attacks on voting systems in order to influence the election, it did not work. Johnson testified to the House intelligence committee as part of its investigation on Russian interference and any collusion with the Trump campaign. …Why did the DNC REFUSE to turn over its Server to the FBI, and still hasn't? It's all a big Dem scam and excuse for losing the election!
…Why did Democratic National Committee turn down the DHS offer to protect against hacks (long prior to election). Former Homeland Security Advisor Jeh Johnson is latest top intelligence official to state there was no grand scheme between Trump & Russia.īy the way, if Russia was working so hard on the 2016 Election, it all took place during the Obama Admin.