The following comment was made by Tom Bossert on GMA. I saw it replayed on the 9/28/2019 airing of MSNBC's Morning Joy (hosted by Joy Reid). Tom Bossert "is an American lawyer and former Homeland Security Adviser to US President Donald Trump". Note that Tom Bossert resigned on 4/10/2018 when the predisent appointed John Bolton his national security adviser. He was not fired or asked to leave. Bossert "is currently an ABC News Homeland Security analyst" (quoted text via Wikipedia).
In the clip GMA host George Stephanopoulos asks Bossert a question regarding the theory that the DNC wasn't hacked by Russia. trumpers believe that the DNC data was stolen by Seth Rich and delivered to Julian Assange. That, or someone in the Ukraine "hacked" the DNC with their permission in an effort to frame Russia and sell their "tRump colluded with Russia" false narrative. I think. I only just heard that last theory. I think that sums it up, although there could be some nuance or details I missed.
George Stephanopoulos: You explained that to the president, right? Tom Bossert: I did. It's not only a conspiracy theory, it is completely debunked. At this point I am deeply frustrated with what he [Rudy Giuliani] and the legal team is doing in repeating that debunked theory to the president. It sticks in his mind when he hears it over and over again. For clarity here, George, let me just repeat that it has no validity. The United States government reached it's conclusion on attributing to Russia the DNC hack in 2016 before it even communicated it to the FBI. Also long before the FBI knocked on the door at the DNC. |
Dotard asked the Ukranian president to look into finding DNC server data, which may be in the Ukraine as per the loony rw conspiracy theory. Communicated to him by Rudy Giuliani and other members of the Dotard's legal team. "Over and over" these lies were fed to the low-IQ conspiracy-minded predisent - according to Bossert.
Note that when Bossert says the United States government reached it's conclusion on who hacked the DNC, I assume he refers to his (former) agency, The United States Homeland Security Council. The HSC "is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States tasked with advising the President on matters relating to Homeland Security".
This debunks the conspiracy theory (yet again) that the FBI is corrupted with "deep state" operatives who promote (or leak) "fake news" to bring down or thwart Dotard. Bossert was appointed by Dotard. The DNC didn't spin a tale of Russia Hacking (via CrowdStrike) that "deep staters" in the FBI went along with (the "attempted coup" Dotard and the rightwing hoax machine continue to assert are responsible for the "witch hunt").
The Dotard-appointed Bossert and the HSC had already determined Russia was responsible for the hack. Their determination was made before the FBI went to the DNC and was informed by Crowdstrike that their forensic analysis of the DNC server had shown Russia hacked them. BEFORE.
How did they determine this? I don't know, but I imagine some top-secret info figured into their conclusions. Info they are not disclosing to the public because they don't want sources and methods revealed. Anyway, what this means is that neither Seth Rich nor the Ukraine were involved. Also that the DNC didn't spin a tale (with the help of evidence fabricated by CrowdStrike) that the corrupt "deep state" FBI went along with. None of that happened. It was Russia that hacked the DNC. Full stop. End of discussion.
BTW, if you think this means Tom Bossert was part of the "deep state" conspiracy, why didn't Dotard fire him? Bossert says he told the president Russia was responsible. One would think this would have tipped Dotard off that Bossert was a deep-stater and he should be fired. Yet Bossert kept his job for more than 2 years after he told Dotard the DNC was hacked by Russia. What explains that, trumpers? Is Dotard simply too stupid to weed out the "deep state" operatives when they clearly identify themselves?
Not that there is a "deep state". There isn't. Even if Dotard truly believes that there is. Although, if he does, why didn't he fire Bossert? The toady who masquerades as the Attorney General goes along with the phony "deep state" conspiracy theory. This we know because he is currently conducting a phony "oranges" investigation (looking into the origins of the Russia investigation).
So people willing to go along with obvious lies are available. You'd think Dotard would want to get rid of anyone who so strongly refuted the oranges lie like Bossert. And replace them all with loyal boot-licking toadies. People willing to go along with obvious lies like Bill Barr.
For the record, the DNC, The FBI and Robert Mueller have all stated that it was Russia that hacked the DNC. Although you may not believe the DNC or the FBI. If you think the FBI has been (and still is?) corrupted by the "deep state". Which is why I posted this. This is a second and separate debunking (Mueller's info coming from the FBI). This second debunking coming from an agency WITHIN the Executive branch. And, as Bossert says, the HSC concluded the responsible party was Russia BEFORE they asked the FBI to look into the matter.