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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Trump denies CIA Russia meddling report


President-elect Donald Trump has said he "doesn't believe" a CIA assessment that Russian hackers tried to sway the election in his favour.

In an interview with Fox News being broadcast later, he blamed Democrats for "ridiculous" news reports that said Russia was behind the hacks.

Russian officials have repeatedly denied the hacking accusations.

Senior Republicans have now joined Democrats in calling for a full investigation into the intelligence.

Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a joint statement with top Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and others that the CIA's report "should alarm every American".

According to US media which have viewed the Fox interview in advance, Mr Trump also said:
he does not require daily intelligence briefings because he's a "smart person"
his children will run his company but will not "make deals"
the phone call with Taiwan that prompted protests from China was not planned in advance
he won't be bound by "One China" policy unless Beijing makes concessions on trade
a series of big environmental decisions including US participation in the Paris climate change deal will come quickly

Mr Trump, an outsider who stunned the political world by beating Hillary Clinton in last month's election, will assume office on 20 January.

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