Post by Logan on Dec 11, 2016 21:37:20 GMT -6
Outgoing Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus denied a report that Russians hacked the RNC during an interview on ABC's "This week with George Stephanopoulos" Sunday.
Separate reports in recent days from The Washington Post and The New York Times said the CIA concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win, including hacking into the RNC computer system. According to The New York Times, which cited senior administration officials, "American intelligence agencies have concluded with “high confidence” that Russia acted covertly in the latter stages of the presidential campaign to harm Hillary Clinton’s chances and promote Donald J. Trump."
Priebus, who is set to become President-elect Trump's chief of staff next month, said the claims were "totally false."
According to Priebus, the reports were based on "unnamed sources who are perhaps doing something they shouldn’t be doing by speaking to reporters or someone talking out of line about something that is absolutely not true."
Read more: www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/11/priebus-rnc-not-hacked/95300746/
Separate reports in recent days from The Washington Post and The New York Times said the CIA concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win, including hacking into the RNC computer system. According to The New York Times, which cited senior administration officials, "American intelligence agencies have concluded with “high confidence” that Russia acted covertly in the latter stages of the presidential campaign to harm Hillary Clinton’s chances and promote Donald J. Trump."
Priebus, who is set to become President-elect Trump's chief of staff next month, said the claims were "totally false."
According to Priebus, the reports were based on "unnamed sources who are perhaps doing something they shouldn’t be doing by speaking to reporters or someone talking out of line about something that is absolutely not true."
Read more: www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/11/priebus-rnc-not-hacked/95300746/