Trump May Be on Collision Course with Congress over Russian Hacking

Nextgov: National security leaders in Congress could be headed for conflict with President-elect Donald Trump when it comes to Russian hacking.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers called for consequences for Russia’s hacking of Democratic political officials and probing of state election sites Wednesday.

In a Time magazine interview unveiled the same day, the president-elect reiterated his conviction that Russia did not use digital attacks to meddle in the election and that the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion otherwise was politically motivated.

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