Sen. Mitch McConnell announced Monday he backs a congressional probe into possible Russian interference in the U.S. election, but he said it would be handled by individual committees rather than a commission.

The intelligence community believes Russia was engaged in election-related hacking in order to benefit President-elect Trump.

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