The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee agreed with spy agencies' findings that Russia sought to boost now-President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, according to a bipartisan report that was declassified and released
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee concurred with spy agencies’ findings that Russia sought to boost now-President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, according to a bipartisan report declassified and released on Tuesday.
Trump, who has consistently bristled at suggestions that foreign interference helped his upset 2016 victory, has sought to discredit the intelligence agencies’ findings as the politically charged work of a “deep state.” Russia has denied that it was behind any efforts to meddle in U.S. elections. It said that interviews with officials who drafted and prepared the intelligence community assessment had “affirmed that analysts were under no political pressure to reach specific conclusions.”
The committee report on the Intelligence Community Assessment, is heavily redacted, which sources familiar with the document said was because it is extensively based on documentation and testimony that remain highly classified.
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