"reminiscent of a witch-hunt"

Russia says US allegations that it ran a hacking campaign to influence

the American presidential elections are "reminiscent of a witch-hunt".

"Groundless accusations which are not supported by anything are being

rehearsed in an amateurish, unprofessional way.

We don't know what information they are actually relying on."

www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf

Intelligence report.  :

Key findings of report (Above unclassified version):

• Kremlin had "clear preference" for Mr Trump to win US election, with goal to "undermine public faith in US democratic process and "denigrate" Hillary Clinton
• Russian military intelligence hacked into the email accounts of the Democratic National Committee and top Democrats
• They used intermediaries such as WikiLeaks, DCLeaks.com and Guccifer 2.0 persona to release the information acquired from the hackings
• They also used state-funded propaganda and paid social media users or "trolls" to make nasty comments
• Vote tallies were not affected by Russian interference

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