Lisa Monaco held a position in the White House during the Obama administration during the Russia investigation.
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VINCESep 16, 2026
Multiple sources show Lisa Monaco served as President Obama's Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism from 2013 to 2017, and in December 2016 she announced Obama's review of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The claim's core is supported; the post's 'hoax' framing is the claimant's opinion and is not what the claim asserts.
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… For example, Lisa Monaco is one of the worst figures in American life in 100 years. What she did to this country with January 6th, what she did under Obama when she was in the White House she was there for the Russia hoax, she was at the starting, the birthday of the Russia hoax. Lisa Monaco's there. The birthday of the lies about January 6th, she was there. The targeting Catholics, she was there. Targeting school board parents, she was there. Destroying the FBI's credibility, she was there. …
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Supports. The official White House author page says Monaco assumed the role of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism on March 8, 2013, during the Obama administration.[3]
Supports. PolitiFact reports Monaco held the Homeland Security adviser position from 2013 to 2017, during Obama's second term.[1]
Supports. Reuters reported in December 2016 that Monaco, as Obama's homeland security adviser, announced the presidential directive for a comprehensive review of the 2016 election cyber attacks, which had been attributed to Russia.[2]
Supports. Politico's 2017 interview with Monaco, as Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, covers how the Obama White House handled the Russian hacks during the 2016 campaign.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Trump shares outdated photo in attack on Biden, DOJpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Obama orders review of 2016 election cyber attacksreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Lisa O. Monaco | whitehouse.govobamawhitehouse.archives.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Did Obama blow it on the Russian hacking? - Politico.eupolitico.eu · not rated · cited for: supports
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