Homeland Security chief Nielsen said she believes Russia interfered in the US election, but questioned whether it really tried to help Trump
- Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday said she believed Russia interfered in the 2016 US election but questioned whether it really did so to help President Donald Trump.
- The US intelligence community explicitly concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed the election meddling to bolster Trump's chances of winning.
- The Trump administration's position on Russian meddling has been inconsistent, especially over the past week.
Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday said she agreed with the US intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in the US presidential election but questioned whether the Kremlin really did so to further President Donald Trump's chances of winning.
"Russia was absolutely attempting to interfere in our election systems," Nielsen told moderator Peter Alexander of NBC News during an interview at the Aspen Security Forum. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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