-RNC Chairman, and Trump’s incoming White House Chief of Staff, Reince Priebus and Trump deny the RNC was hacked and separately deny that Russia was trying to interfere in the election, counter to the DHS and DNI’s October statement.
-In an interview that aired Dec. 11, Trump tells “Fox News Sunday” that the reports of Russia hacking are “ridiculous” and “another excuse” that Democrats are giving for their loss in the election. Trump also argues that U.S. intelligence has “no idea” if Russia or China are behind the hackings.
“It could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. I mean, they have no idea,” Trump said.
-Sen. John McCain on CBS’s “Face the Nation” calls for a select committee to investigate the Russian hacking, saying “it’s clear the Russians interfered.”
“Now, whether they intended to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a certain candidate, I think that’s a subject of investigation,” McCain said.
The Arizona senator also says getting a select committee would take time, but in the meantime said he asked Sen. Lindsey Graham to chair a subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services to investigate the Russian interference, “along with a really smart Democrat.”