Schiff: ‘I Was Frustrated’ Obama Didn’t Act More ‘Assertively’ Against Russia

‘If you don’t push back hard with the Russians, they view everything as an open door’

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BLITZER: "The whole notion of the intelligence community moving forward. You are frustrated that the Obama Administration did not react more assertively to the Russian cyberattacks." 
SCHIFF: "I was frustrated about it. Senator Feinstein and I, took extraordinary steps in September, the month before the intelligence committee released their own attribution calling out the Russians on what they were too. I understand the reasons the administration was hesitant. They didn’t want to be seen as putting their hand on the scale in the American election. They didn’t want to risk retaliation. If you don’t push back hard with the Russians, they view everything as an open door. I was urging we take harder line on Ukraine years ago and urge the stronger support response when North Korea hacked Sony. I think all of these things did contribute to a Russia that felt it had more of a green light than it should have."

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