Intel community: Russia sought to ‘denigrate’ Hillary Clinton

Published January 6, 2017 9:03pm ET



The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a declassified report on Russian hacking Friday that said officials have “high confidence” that Russia tried to hurt Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, and hacked into the Democratic National Committee in 18 months ago to do it.

“We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election,” the report said.

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