Whatever the hackers’ motives, there is no doubt among USA officials that the Russians’ goal was to interfere with the US election.
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The Clinton campaign applauded the effort Monday, saying it had repeatedly warned about Russian interference aimed at swaying the election in Trump’s favor.
What does the USA believe Russian Federation did to interfere in the 2016 campaign?
The potential showdown between Trump and Capitol Hill could become more contentious after the president-elect announces his pick for the critical secretary of state post on Tuesday, with key Republicans concerned over his expected choice, ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson.
Jackley said the investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and foreign influences “goes beyond the scope of an elector and that should be done by other authorities”.
During the second presidential debate, Trump questions whether Russian Federation is behind the hacks and suggests “maybe there is no hacking”.
Among those attacked was a former Republican Party employee whose computer was not connected to the Republican National Committee’s computer system.
However, one senior career USA official told ABC News today that Trump’s “not just taking a shot at an old CIA assessment from 14 years ago, he’s disparaging and insulting every analyst now in the intelligence community working hard to protect the United States”. It was a common line of attack from the Democrats, and Trump always responded to allegations surrounding Russian engagement with a shrug. But according to The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Central Intelligence Agency has since determined it was all part of an effort to help Donald Trump, not simply to disrupt the election but to help Donald Trump. “I don’t believe it”, he told Fox News. “But they always blame Russia and the reason they blame Russia is because they think they are trying to tarnish me with Russia”.
The CIA, charged since World War II with spying overseas and conducting clandestine operations, runs human agents in foreign capitals and assembles what intelligence officers call the “mosaic” of information they get to form a whole picture. “They’re in this fight for Russian Federation”. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. “I think the American people deserve answers sooner rather than later”.
President Obama on Friday ordered the nation’s intelligence agencies to conduct a full review of attempts by foreign hackers to influence USA elections.
Trump has dismissed the CIA’s report.
The petition started in November seeks to use the loosely defined rules of the Electoral College to block Trump from the White House.
The 2016 Dutchess County general election certification, which indicated Clinton’s lead, was submitted to the state Board of Elections on December 6, according to Erik Haight, Republican commissioner for the Dutchess County Board of Elections. I know, it’s tough; there’s a lot of competition. If they all vote the way their states voted, Donald Trump will win. “Maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russian Federation, but it could also be China, but it could also be lots of other people, it also could be someone sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, OK?”
“It’s obvious that the Russians hacked into our campaigns”, McCain said. A bipartisan group of Senators say the cyberattacks have cut to the heart of our free society. Republicans even after the election threatened to continue the investigations.
The calls began with a letter signed by the incoming Senate Democratic leader Sen.
On the heels of the Post’s reporting on Friday, The New York Times ran its own version of the story, adding the contention that the Republican National Committee’s e-mails were also hacked-but that information has not yet been released to the public. John McCain, Sen. Lindsey Graham and the Armed Services Committee’s ranking member Sen.
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., agreed. Ted Deutch of Boca Raton and Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach – to the list of political leaders calling for an investigation into findings about Russia’s alleged cyber interference in last month’s presidential election.
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President-elect Donald Trump doubled down Monday in dismissing CIA intelligence that Russian Federation interfered in the United States election, even as leading senators from both camps demanded a broad probe on the apparent national security threat.
