Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) argued in a Thursday interview that the actors behind the hacks of Democratic organizations and operatives during the 2016 presidential race “merely did what the media should have done.”
Asked by MSNBC anchor Hallie Jackson whether he knew anything about impending sanctions on Russia for the role the U.S. intelligence committee says it played in the hacks, Franks said that to his knowledge, no relevant intelligence committees had been informed about the sanctions. He then appeared to question the U.S. intelligence community’s attribution of the hack to Russian actors.
“Most of what we’re talking about now is based on leaks,” Franks said, adding that there was no evidence that Russia hacked U.S. voting systems.
“If anything, whatever they might have done was to try to use information in a way that may have affected something that they believe was in their best interest,” Franks said.
“But the bottom line,” he continued, “if Russia succeeded in giving the American people information that was accurate, then they merely did what the media should have done.”
Shortly after the interview aired, the Obama administration announced sanctions against individuals and entities associated with Russian intelligence that it believes are involved with recent hacks related to the 2016 presidential election.
Watch the segment below:
So breaking in at Watergate was a crime and breaking in through hacking is not? Where did this guy study law?
Yes, Mr. Franks, you’re right. The media should have hacked the DNC emails, or their phones (hey isn’t that what Rupert Murdoch did in Great Britain?). Maybe the media should have hacked the RNC emails too? What an asswipe.
Im sorry but Rep. Franks proves once again that he is dumber than a box of rocks. He’s suggesting that the media hack into private e-mails and selectively publish them? Really? I’m sure he’d support the hacking of the RNC for similar purposes.
That’s only because there is no intelligence in the House of Representatives as demonstrated by this critter’s word salad. All they want to do is investigate Hillary Clinton or anything Democratic Party related.
@j_from_texas Trump U, where else.
More Trent Franks wisdom:
FRANKS: In this country, we had slavery for God knows how long. And now we look back on it and we say “How brave were they? What was the matter with them? You know, I can’t believe, you know, four million slaves. This is incredible.” And we’re right, we’re right. We should look back on that with criticism. It is a crushing mark on America’s soul. And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by policies of slavery. And I think, What does it take to get us to wake up?
https://thinkprogress.org/rep-trent-franks-african-americans-were-better-off-under-slavery-4772e1e5c05f#.8e6vo3yql