Cybersecurity
Russia Denies Trying to Influence U.S. Presidential Election
- Lawmaker says Kremlin accused to hide Democratic scandal
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US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on July 26.
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A top Russian lawmaker rejected accusations that his country is trying to influence the U.S. presidential election by compromising Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton through leaked e-mails that were stolen from her party’s computers by hackers.
President Barack Obama said it’s possible that Russia is interfering in the U.S. presidential race in an interview with NBC on Tuesday in which he also remarked that Republican nominee Donald Trump is getting “pretty favorable” Russian media coverage.