Report: Obama officials spent final days purposely pushing Russia allegations

Officials in the Obama administration reportedly spent Barack Obama’s final few days in office spreading their message internally that President Trump’s associates had maintained inappropriate ties to Russian officials during the campaign, an allegation that neither the Obama administration nor the Trump administration has publicly substantiated.

Obama administration officials also sought to preserve evidence of what they characterized as Russia’s attempts to influence the election by hacking into Democrats’ email accounts, according to a New York Times report issued late Wednesday.