Trump meets DHS chief Johnson amid Russian hacking intrigue

Published December 16, 2016 5:03pm ET



President-elect Trump met with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Friday at Trump Tower amid rising speculation about the Russian cyberattacks that preceded Election Day.

A transition spokesman did not respond to questions about why Johnson traveled to Manhattan to meet Trump, and the Department of Homeland Security chief did not answer questions shouted to him by reporters as he left his roughly 45-minute meeting Friday morning.

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