US President-elect Donald Trump answers questions from the media December 28 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
President-elect Donald Trump made nice with the intelligence community in a statement after he received a briefing from officials Friday. But despite his toned-down rhetoric, he didn’t concede that Russia was responsible for political hacks during the 2016 US election.
Instead, he cast further doubt on the idea that the hacks had any effect on the election whatsoever.
Trump’s statement marks a shift in tone toward intelligence officials without giving any ground on how he views the hacks. Trump has criticized the intelligence community for weeks , dismissing their assessment that Russia was responsible for hacks against the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations in the lead up to the election.
