Reid: Putin ‘clearly’ had a role in US election hacking

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that he believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin played a role in cyberattacks aimed at interfering in the U.S. presidential election.

“I understand the answer is clearly yes,” Reid told reporters. “His having been the head of the KGB, does that surprise you? And did it surprise anyone today when he denied it?”

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