Priebus: Trump accepts report that Russia was behind hacking

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President-elect Trump believes the report released by U.S. intelligence officials Friday saying that the Russians were behind the hacking in the presidential election in November, incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said Sunday.

Priebus told “Fox News Sunday” that Trump “accepts the findings” of the report and is not denying that the Russians were behind the campaign. According to the report, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an “influence campaign” and wanted to “undermine the public faith” in the U.S. democratic process.

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