Trump: Cyber Attack Against Democrats Occurred During Obama’s Term and They Did Nothing

One day after the U.S. Department of Justice charged 12 Russian intelligence officers for a cyber attack against the Democratic Party during the 2016 election, Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of not being decisive enough regarding this incident, noting that it happened during the previous administration. The U.S. President, who was traveling in Scotland, tweeted on Saturday, July 13: "The events you heard about yesterday regarding 12 Russians occurred during the Obama administration, not the Trump administration. So why didn’t they do anything about it? Especially since it was reported that President Obama was informed through the FBI in September. [That is] before the election." In 2016, on the eve of the U.S. presidential election, the computers of Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic Party were hacked, and thousands of emails and documents from these computers were first published on a website called "DC Leaks" and later on "WikiLeaks." On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice officially charged 12 Russian intelligence officers with involvement in this cyber attack. The identities of these 12 Russian officers have not been disclosed, and the report from the Department of Justice came just three days before the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The leaders of the U.S. and Russia are set to meet and discuss in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday. According to the Associated Press, some U.S. intelligence agencies attributed this cyber attack to the Russian government at the time, stating that Moscow's goal was to "assist Donald Trump's campaign" and "harm Hillary Clinton." Trump and his campaign officials have repeatedly denied allegations of collusion with Russia. Russia also denies interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections. The U.S. President tweeted another question on Saturday morning, asking where the Democratic National Committee's server is and why the FBI did not take control of it, questioning: "Deep State?" Barack Obama, the former U.S. President, has not yet reacted to Trump’s tweets on Saturday, but NBC News reported, citing "several senior officials from his administration," that the reason was that the Obama administration did not want to create the appearance of interference in the election process before the election and "believed that since Hillary Clinton would win the election, the cyber war with Russia was not worth it." The investigation into possible Russian interference in the recent U.S. presidential election has become a major news story in the U.S., with Robert Mueller, the special counsel, leading the investigation committee. Before the indictment against the 12 Russian officers, Mueller's committee had issued indictments against 20 individuals and three entities. Four former officials from Trump’s campaign or White House aides are among the accused, three of whom have been found guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators.