There is certain information considered to be top-secret. This is information so important that only certain people in the world have credentials to discuss it, and even less have access to it.
One such piece of information was the coordinated interference by the Russian Government of the 2016 US election. The US government knew about the interference in early 2016, but this information was considered to be top-secret and could not be shared with candidate Trump. Once a nominee from each party emerges, certain information is shared with each of them.
However, once you are elected President, as Trump was by December 2016, you are provided with top-secret information from the heads of the agencies themselves. At this point you are the president and there can be little doubt that “said information” is maligned. You won, you are Commander in Chief.
Which makes the following even more baffling:
During the briefing, President-Elect Trump asked McFarland if the Russians did “it,” meaning the intrusions intended to influence the presidential election. McFarland said yes, and President-Elect Trump expressed doubt that it was the Russians.
Mueller Report Volume 1, Page 171
Prior to the election, a person could understand Trump’s disbelief if an outsider told him the Russian were interfering. After all, prior to winning, there could be hidden incentives in sharing such information. But after you are elected, and when the information is coming from the very people in your team?
We already know Trump stood to make millions of dollars in a deal with Russia. Could this have been the reason?
