CIA Concludes Russia Intervened to Help Trump Win Election (2016-12-09)
The CIA delivers a classified assessment to the Senate concluding that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election with the specific purpose of helping Donald Trump win. The assessment says Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the influence campaign, which included hacking Democratic emails and spreading disinformation. Trump dismisses the intelligence, calling it a 'political witch hunt.'
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