Leid Stories—Hillary’s Revenge: How Her ‘Putin Fixed the Election for Trump’ Rant Is A Setup for A Comeback—12.12 .16

President Barack Obama on Friday ordered a comprehensive report from U.S. intelligence agencies on alleged attempts, especially by Russia, to influence or engineer the outcome of U.S. national elections, going back to 2008, when Obama was elected to the first of two consecutive terms.

The report, the White House said, is to be submitted before Jan. 20, when Obama’s term ends and President-elect Donald Trump officially is inaugurated.

Obama’s directive drew intense reaction in Congress. Many wondered whether it was Obama’s parting shot to Vladimir Putin, with whom Obama has had a difficult relationship, or whether would trigger war hawks would use it to escalate East-West tensions to the Cold War era.

For Hillary Clinton, though, it’s a setup for a comeback. Her political fortunes dashed by Trump in the 2016 election, she yearns for a comeback. Trump’s stunning victory, she claimed, was the result of Russia’s cyberattacks against her, the Democratic Party and the political process.

Leid Stories connects Obama’s probe to other recent political developments that suggest a coordinated effort to topple Trump by any means necessary and pave the way for a Clinton comeback.