Friday, January 6, 2017

Trump blasts hacking inquiry "a political witch-hunt"

Donald Trump is calling the storm over claims Russia tried to influence the outcome of the US Presidential election a “political witch-hunt”.

He was speaking ahead of a full intelligence briefing that he’s due to receive later today about what US spy chiefs say was a hacking attack on the Democratic Party orchestrated by Moscow.

Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.

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