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‘Train Wreck’: Obama Blamed Comey, Clintons For Trump Win During Private Press Convos

Former President Barack Obama blamed former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Hillary Clinton and then-FBI Director James Comey for Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election, according to an official White House transcript.

Obama’s comments came during an off-the-record discussion with reporters three days before Trump’s inauguration, according to the transcript obtained by Bloomberg News. Obama said Clinton’s loss might have hinged on a series of questionable choices.

“The fact of the matter is, setting aside that Hillary Clinton got the substantially bigger share of the vote, I think it’s fair to say that a whole series of different things happening — how the email thing unfolded, and sort of the chain from Bill Clinton getting on that plane, to Comey making an announcement,” Obama said. “At a bunch of different junctures, people could have made different decisions that would have resulted in it playing differently.”

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