Earnest Dodges on Whether Obama Lowered Classification of Russia Intel to Hurt Trump

‘What you’ll recall, the president ordered a top to bottom review of the Russians’ involvement in the 2016 election’

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RADDATZ: "Let me ask you something about the Obama Administration. Saying the Obama Administration rushed to preserve intelligence that Russia hacked the election and that Mr. Trump’s statement that the Russian story was hyped stoked fears among some that intelligence could be covered up or destroyed once power changed hands. Was there a scramble to spread information about the Russian efforts in the final days of the administration?" 
EARNEST: "What you’ll recall, the president ordered a top to bottom review of the Russians’ involvement in the 2016 election. They determined Russia did interfere in the election and they did so with the goal of trying to benefit president Trump. 
RADDATZ: "Was the New York Times right that there was a scramble to spread that information?" 

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