In the US, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has blamed FBI Director James Comey and Russian interference for her defeat in the last year’s presidential elections. Speaking in Washington, Clinton said they scared off voters and deprived her of an otherwise expected victory.
In her most detailed comments about her defeat since the shock result last year, Clinton blamed Russian interference in the US election and the release of a letter by Comey pertaining to the investigation into her emails just before the polls. Clinton highlighted Russia’s role in hacking into her campaign’s internal emails and subsequently coordinating their release on WikiLeaks.
Hours later, Trump attacked Clinton on Twitter, saying she used the “phony” Russian hacking story as a justification for her loss in the November 8 presidential elections.
