Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he did not know Russian trolls were using bots to help his failed 2016 presidential campaign in an interview with Vermont Public Radio. However, Sanders said "the real question to be asked" is why the Clinton campaign, who "had more information," didn't didn't do anything.



"If he was aware that Russians were trying to promote him and divide Democrats against Mrs. Clinton, why did he not communicate this to his supporters?" a listener asked Sanders.



Sanders took umbrage as he did not know this was happening.











"I did not know that Russian bots were promoting my campaign," Sanders said. "Russians bots were not promoting my campaign. What we found out is that in April and May, it appeared that there were lots of strange things happening, attacking Hillary Clinton."



"I would say that the real question to be asked is what was the Clinton campaign—they had more information about this than we did, and at this point, we were working with them," he said.



"We knew what we knew when we knew it, and that's about all that I can say," Sanders concluded.



Listen to the full interview here.



(via Washington Free Beacon)