Republicans on Saturday rejected reports of a secret CIA assessment finding that Russia sought to tip the US presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor, as a Democratic Senate leader called for an investigation.
“The intelligence is wrong,” Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer told CNN. “It didn’t happen.”
He was referring to a New York Times report saying US intelligence agencies had “high confidence” that Russian hackers infiltrated the Republican National Committee’s computer systems as well as those of Democratic Party organizations, but released information stolen only from the Democrats.
News about the CIA report, first reported by The Washington Post on Friday, drew an extraordinary rebuke from the president-elect’s camp.
“These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” Trump’s transition team said, launching a broadside against the spy agency.
Trump said the election was over and that it’s “now time to move on and ‘Make America Great Again.'”
However Senator Chuck Schumer, set to become Democratic minority leader in January, called for a congressional probe into the matter.
“That any country could be meddling in our elections should shake both political parties to their core,” he said Saturday.
“It’s imperative that our intelligence community turns over any relevant information so that Congress can conduct a full investigation.”
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“The intelligence is wrong,” Republican National Committee spokesman Sean Spicer told CNN. “It didn’t happen.”
He was referring to a New York Times report saying US intelligence agencies had “high confidence” that Russian hackers infiltrated the Republican National Committee’s computer systems as well as those of Democratic Party organizations, but released information stolen only from the Democrats.
News about the CIA report, first reported by The Washington Post on Friday, drew an extraordinary rebuke from the president-elect’s camp.
“These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” Trump’s transition team said, launching a broadside against the spy agency.
Trump said the election was over and that it’s “now time to move on and ‘Make America Great Again.'”
However Senator Chuck Schumer, set to become Democratic minority leader in January, called for a congressional probe into the matter.
“That any country could be meddling in our elections should shake both political parties to their core,” he said Saturday.
“It’s imperative that our intelligence community turns over any relevant information so that Congress can conduct a full investigation.”
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