There's a PBS documentary about the election that mentioned this. When the Obama administration found out, i believe in October, they were trying to figure out how to handle since Obama did not want to seem as influencing an election (pro Clinton). They held a meeting with a bipartisan leadership to share IC findings with them (Schummer, McConnell and the like). Obama wanted to come out together with the info to the press, but McConnell shut him down and threatened him that if he did, the entire Repbulican Congress would be on every news outlet blasting him for influencing an election. FBI or CIA Director Brennan (I forget which agency) tried to argue with McConnel that this wasnt a Democrat issue but a national security issue and he too was shut down by McConnell.

So, if you are wondering why Republicans are now trying to bash Mueller (a fellow R appointed by Bush and Obama, unanimously approved by both sides) its because they know whats coming, and they dont want people to realize that they shut down Obama and the IC before the election, even after facts were presented.

They dont mention McConnell in the read out but if you watch the documentary they call him out by name.

Documentary is called Putin's revenge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pWALA6vgoY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/facing-a-russian-cyber-attack-obama-officials-struggled-to-respond/

Rujikin wrote:

Can we get him, McCain, and Hillary all as a bundle package then send them to jail? Jeb originally funded foreign spies to build the pizzagate dossier, McCain picked up up then Hillary finished paying foreign agents to interference in our elections.

Time to clean up the swamp?

uncletim wrote:



please trump is swamp onto himself

Rujikin wrote:



So the swamp hates him because he's the swamp just like them? Why would swamp hate more swamp?

uncletim wrote:



because oneswamp is honest enough to admit it's a swamp the other is hiding behind a flag hoping no one notices it's a swamp even though every one knows it's the same old swamp thinly veil under fake patriotism

Rujikin wrote:



Besides Trump and Trump supporting congressmen who has admitted Washington is a swamp?

Rujikin wrote:



So the swamp hates him because he's the swamp just like them? Why would swamp hate more swamp?

sundin13 wrote:



The "swamp" hates him because he is pushing things far beyond people's tolerances. For a while, the "swamp" has been around, but it has been quiet. It would bubble up now and again, but for the most part, the ground felt solid and that is what mattered to people. Then Trump burst in, reeking to high heaven. Now it is hard to ignore. The streets are overflowing with garbage and even Febreeze can't fuck with that smell.

Just because the government likes to keep its dirty laundry indoors doesn't mean that Trump is any more clean when he flies his skidmarks for all the world to see. The only way in which Trump may actually "drain the swamp" is by making it so outrageously bad that finally the people force the government to do something (starting with getting rid of all the garbage Trump dragged into DC).

Hot damn this is an awful metaphor.