Putin meddling in the election

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US intelligence agencies believe Russia acted covertly to boost Donald Trump in the election race, US officials have told leading newspapers. A report in the New York Times says the agencies had "high confidence" about Russian involvement in hacking. A CIA assessment reported by the Washington Post made similar findings. But Mr Trump's team dismissed the CIA line, saying: "These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction."

Russia 'intervened to promote Trump' - US intelligence - BBC News

Legislators overseeing the CIA and other intelligence agencies have told the Guardian they will be vigilant about reprisals from Donald Trump over an internal assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to ensure Trump’s victory. [/url]Fears of retaliation rose within US intelligence agencies over [url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/09/us-election-hacking-russia-barack-obama-review]a tense weekend that saw Trump publicly dismiss not only the assessment but the basic competence of the intelligence apparatus.

Intelligence figures fear Trump reprisals over assessment of Russia election role | US news | The Guardian

In a secret assessment — the content of which has been leaked to the press via high-level officials briefed on the intelligence — the CIA said Russia was not just trying to undermine confidence in the US election process when it hacked into the emails of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, and the Democratic National Committee. Rather, the report said, the Russians were working toward a specific goal: to hurt Clinton and boost Trump. That assessment was bolstered by the CIA's discovery that the Russians had also breached the Republican National Committee but chose not to release any of the information, lending credence to the idea that the Kremlin made a specific and targeted effort to embarrass Democrats. RNC chair Reince Priebus has denied the committee was hacked.

Michael Morell: Russian hacking 'political equivalent of 9/11' - Business Insider

A startling report in the Washington Post described Republican and Democratic members of the House of Representatives being briefed in a secure room at the Capitol last week and remarking, out loud, that they appeared not to agree even on basic facts, let alone their interpretation.

A house divided: The alarming response to Russian meddling in American democracy | The Economist