Gingrich: ‘I Don’t Believe that Putin Was Trying to Change the American Election’

GINGRICH: "First of all, remember that the Obama Administration actively tried to defeat Netanyahu in his reelection in Israel. I think they spent $350,000 trying to defeat him. The United States government has been active in many countries around the world and I think that there is a certain amount of silliness in suddenly being shocked that somebody else might do the same thing. I don’t believe that Putin was trying to change the American election. I believe that the Russians may well be hacking because we hack, the Chinese hack, the Israelis hack, the Romanians hack. I think the most deeply Putin has felt the United States under Obama, both with Clinton and with Kerry, have been active adversaries in Ukraine, active adversaries in Syria and have actively shown contempt for Putin himself and for his operation. Very deep bad blood between the two sides."