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Official portrait of President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 13, 2009. Credit: Photo by Pete Souza / Wikimedia Commons

By April Ryan, BlackPressUSA White House Correspondent

Statement from Patrick Rodenbush, Spokesperson for President Obama:

Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response. But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction. Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes. These findings were affirmed in a 2020 report by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee, led by then-Chairman Marco Rubio.