Trump's Incoming Press Secretary Questions Whether Obama's Russia Sanctions Are Out of 'Proportion'
Trump's Incoming Press Secretary Questions Whether Obama's Russia Sanctions Are Out of 'Proportion'
By Nicki Rossoll Jan 1, 2017, 9:03 AM ET
The intelligence report is titled “Russian Malicious Cyber Activity.”
WASHINGTON ¯ Donald Trump’s press secretary repeatedly refused to say whether the president-elect believes Russia was behind the hack of Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 presidential race.
The Obama administration issued new sanctions on Russia on Thursday, in response to the reported interference with the election.
Trump’s initial response to the sanctions was that “it’s time for our country to move onto bigger and better things.” He later said he would receive an intelligence briefing on the topic this week.
In an interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC’s “This Week,” Sean Spicer said multiple times that Trump intends to meet with intelligence officials to “get a full briefing on what they knew, why they knew it, whether or not the Obama administration’s response was in proportion to the actions taken.”
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By Nicki Rossoll Jan 1, 2017, 9:03 AM ET
The intelligence report is titled “Russian Malicious Cyber Activity.”
WASHINGTON ¯ Donald Trump’s press secretary repeatedly refused to say whether the president-elect believes Russia was behind the hack of Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 presidential race.
The Obama administration issued new sanctions on Russia on Thursday, in response to the reported interference with the election.
Trump’s initial response to the sanctions was that “it’s time for our country to move onto bigger and better things.” He later said he would receive an intelligence briefing on the topic this week.
In an interview with Jonathan Karl on ABC’s “This Week,” Sean Spicer said multiple times that Trump intends to meet with intelligence officials to “get a full briefing on what they knew, why they knew it, whether or not the Obama administration’s response was in proportion to the actions taken.”
READ MORE: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-inco...
