Trump breaks with Obama, intel agencies on election hacking
'These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,' a Trump transition statement said.
By Josh Gerstein, Jennifer Scholtes, Eric Geller and Martin Matishak
12/09/16 11:59 PM EST
Updated 12/09/16 11:56 PM EST
In an extraordinary rebuke of the intelligence agencies he will soon lead as president, Donald Trump broke with his predecessor on Friday and rejected the conclusion that Russia had sought to help him by meddling in the U.S. election.
"These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction," the Trump transition team said in a unsigned press release. "The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. It's now time to move on and "Make America Great Again.'"
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