http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/309779-secret-cia-assesment-russia-was-attempting-to-assist-trumpSecret CIA assessment: Russia was attempting to assist Trump
By Nikita Vladimirov - 12/09/16 08:04 PM EST
A secret CIA assessment has concluded that Russia intervened in the U.S. presidential election in an effort to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to a report by The Washington Post.
“It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” a senior U.S. official briefed on an intelligence presentation made to U.S. senators told the Post. “That’s the consensus view.”
According to the report published on Friday, the intelligence agencies have identified various individuals who helped the Russian government leak hacked documents from various Democratic sources, including the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, to WikiLeaks.
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