Friday, January 06, 2017

Trump tells New York Times Russian hack claim is 'witch hunt'

Washington (AFP) - President-elect Donald Trump was on a collision course with US spy chiefs Friday as they prepared to brief him on allegations of Russian hacking he has branded a "political witch hunt."

US intelligence believes that the Kremlin directly interfered in the run-up to November's presidential election by breaking into the servers of Trump's Democratic rivals.

The nation's top intelligence officers were to brief Trump on Friday on the claims, but there was no sign the incoming Republican leader was ready to drop his skepticism .... https://www.yahoo.com