US President Barack Obama’s call for an investigation into the role Russia allegedly played in bringing GOP nominee Donald Trump into power is “nothing more than transparent and very blatant, political fraud,” an analyst says.
In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as well as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) kept blaming Russia over support for the New York billionaire as part of efforts aimed at “setting the stage for this,” Mark Dankof, who is also a broadcaster and pastor in San Antonio, Texas, told Press TV in a phone interview conducted on Saturday.
Ahead of the 2016 vote, transparency organization WIiLeaks released hacked information on the DNC and the Clinton campaign that undermined the Democrats’ efforts, aimed at maintaining control of the White house.
Late on Friday, the Post quoted intelligence officials as saying that they have identified “individuals with connections to…