Trump is Presented With Facts About Recent Hacks — Ignores Them
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos fact checked Donald Trump in real time Thursday morning over connections between Russia and hacks of Democratic operatives. Despite evidence that both parties have been briefed by U.S. officials about the Russian government's attempts to interfere with the 2016 election, Trump largely ignored him. Take a read.
ABC: All 17 U.S. intelligence agencies believe the Russians are behind that leak, why don't you believe it?Trump: I don't know if they're behind it and I think it's a public relations frankly. You know what does bother me? I have nothing—ABC: But you were even told that by the Republican head of the homeland security committee, Mike McCaul. He said the same thing.Trump: I don't know what he said.ABC: He told you that he thought the Russians were behind it.Trump: Hacking is very interesting. Hacking is very hard to determine who did what, okay. You know that. People are hacking all over the place, nobody knows. They don't know if it's Russia. They can't guarantee it's Russia and it may be.