GOP senators join Dems to condemn Russian political hacking

Conway specifically mentioned a Washington Post story stating that intelligence agencies have identified individuals connected to the Russian government who worked to hurt Clinton’s chances of winning the presidency.

Trump placed the blame for the reports on Democrats, who he said were embarrassed about losing the election.

“Obviously, any foreign breach of our cybersecurity measures is disturbing and I strongly condemn any such efforts”, McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement that he read to reporters at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol. “Whether they meant to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a certain candidate, I think that should be the subject of investigation”, McCain said in a separate interview on “Face the Nation” on Sunday morning. I do not believe it. “If all they wanted to do was discredit our political system, why publicize the failings of just one party, especially when you have a target like Trump?” “We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College”.

“It’s a matter of concern to me that he has such a close personal relationship with Vladimir Putin and obviously they’ve done enormous deals together”, Republican U.S. Sen.

Have a great week-end everyone and thanks again, as always, for your terrific support and invaluable output. “And we’ve already started the process”. After hearing the report, Trump mocked America’ s intelligence-gathering agencies in a hasty, ill-advised tweet. wait, sorry! “So I think that this is such an unprecedented situation”.

“Nobody really knows. And hacking is very interesting”. “I don’t want anyone hacking us, and I’m not only talking about countries”.

In the process, Trump seemed to defend Russian Federation over USA intelligence agencies, which is a controversial move for the man set to be the next president. “We had – many people are saying – one of the great victories of all time”.

In Sunday’s interview, Trump suggested that intelligence and national security officials he appoints may reach different conclusions than those tapped by the Obama administration. He has one more obligation to fulfill to the American people, and that is to help the facts come to light about the role Russian Federation played in the 2016 presidential election. “I don’t have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day”, Trump said.

Trump reportedly receives only one briefing a week, “the most highly classified and closely held document in the government”, according to a December 9 Reuters report. But Trump has continually expressed doubt about Russia’s involvement and he repeated that view today.

The Republican real estate magnate was expected to appoint as secretary of state Exxon Mobile Corp Chief Executive Rex Tillerson, who has close ties with Moscow and has spoken out against U.S. sanctions on Russian Federation.