Trump Says He’ll Weigh Intelligence Findings on Russian Hack
- President-elect response to Obama decision to impose sanctions
- Trump previously expressed skepticism about cyberattack
Putin Decides Against Expelling U.S. Diplomats
President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll meet next week with U.S. intelligence officials to discuss their findings that Russia hacked Democratic Party e-mails to meddle in the 2016 election, signaling a possible shift from his previous dismissals of Russian involvement.
In his first statement following President Barack Obama’s action on Thursday to sanction Russian intelligence officials and agencies for the hacking, Trump released a statement, saying, “It’s time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. Nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation."