Their concerns range from reports that the Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that Russian Federation used covert operations to help Trump win to Trump aides having alleged ties to Moscow.
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“ODNI is not arguing that the agency (CIA) is wrong, only that they can’t prove intent”, one of the three US officials told Reuters. “But it’s all part of the larger issue of the cyber threat we face from Russian Federation and other countries”, McCain said.
US President-elect Donald Trump has turned down “ridiculous” intelligence reports that Russian Federation intervened in the November 8 election to help him win the White House. Among the targets were Democratic groups and figures whose emails were stolen and later leaked online.
Each day that month, our campaign decried the interference of Russian Federation in our campaign and its evident goal of hurting our campaign to aid Donald Trump.
Trump has dismissed the CIA’s report.
In the Fox interview, Trump also said he does not need daily intelligence briefings because they are so repetitive, but the vice president-elect is receiving them. The Republican, Christopher Suprun, has said that he won’t vote for Trump when the Electoral College meets. “I don’t believe it”.
Mr. Trump’s response has been to dismiss the reports by citing another famous intelligence assessment – the botched 2002 conclusion that the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, had weapons of mass destruction – and portraying USA spies as bumbling and biased. He plans on introducing new leadership to run those intelligence agencies. “And frankly, I think they’re putting it out”, Trump said.
“We’re surrounded by election deniers”, Trump’s former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said, reported CBS News.
This displeases the incoming Trump administration, with Miller saying that the Congressional probe into Russian hacking was an extension of recount efforts and is akin to suggestions that the country move away from the Electoral College towards electing a president by popular vote.
“This issue should not and must not turn into a political football”, Schumer said.
The FBI is also not supporting the CIA’s assessment for the same reason.
Clapper’s statement was made on behalf of the CIA and 16 other agencies that comprise the USA intelligence community. “Even if the truth was known, would anyone believe it?”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Monday said an intelligence panel will investigate Russia’s alleged interference with the US presidential election.
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Her campaign is also calling on the Obama administration to declassify information around Russia’s role in the election. But Trump has continually expressed doubt about Russia’s involvement and he repeated that view today. Once they hack, if you don’t catch them in the act, you’re not going to catch them.
