U.S. President-elect Donald Trump now says he believes Russia was involved in cyberattacks during the presidential election. It was the first time Trump has admitted Russian involvement in hacking computers of the Democratic National Committee. In the past, he refused to publicly accept U.S. intelligence community findings that Russia was involved in election hacking. Trump’s comments came Wednesday during his first press conference since the election. “As far as hacking, I think it was Russia,” Trump said. Top U.S. intelligence officials have said they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin knew about and approved the cyberattacks. Trump was asked in the press conference if he had any message for the Russian leader in response to the hacking. “He shouldn’t be doing it. He won’t be doing it. Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I’m leading it, than when other people have led it. You will see that.” U.S. intelligence agencies have suggested that Putin might have engaged in hacking as a way to help Trump win the election. Much of the information released by the hacks turned out to be embarrassing to the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton. But Trump said the Republican National Committee also became aware of attempts to hack into its organization. He said possible attacks were stopped by putting security measures in place. Speaking about future relations with Russia, Trump told reporters he does not think it is a bad thing if Putin actually likes him. “If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what folks, that’s called an asset, not a liability.” Trump added that cyberattacks from outside the United States were not only coming from Russia. He said China is also involved, along with other nations. Trump said he has asked his top national security officials to complete within 90 days a major report on ways the government can prevent hacking. Trump denounced news reports that Russia is holding onto secret personal and financial information that could embarrass him. The reports also alleged that his campaign had made contact with Russian intelligence officials. “I think it's a disgrace,” Trump said. “It’s all fake news.” The unproven information in the news reports was reportedly included in a secret U.S. intelligence report on Russian influence in the election. Copies of that report were given last week to Trump, President Barack Obama and leaders of Congress. During the press conference, Trump also announced how he planned to deal with his business interests during his presidency. The president-elect has promised that his business activities would not pose a conflict of interest while he serves as president.
Title: Trump Says He Now Believes Russia Was Behind Election Hacking
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/trump_presser.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Trump Says He Now Believes Russia Was Behind Election Hacking' data-article-id='2138'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13146'>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump now says he believes Russia was involved in cyberattacks during the presidential election.</span> <span data-start-time='13146' data-end-time='24063'>It was the first time Trump has admitted Russian involvement in hacking computers of the Democratic National Committee.</span> <span data-start-time='24063' data-end-time='36896'>In the past, he refused to publicly accept U.S. intelligence community findings that Russia was involved in election hacking.</span> <span data-start-time='36896' data-end-time='45250'>Trump’s comments came Wednesday during his first press conference since the election.</span> <span data-start-time='45250' data-end-time='50979'>“As far as hacking, I think it was Russia,” Trump said.</span> <span data-start-time='50979' data-end-time='63958'>Top U.S. intelligence officials have said they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin knew about and approved the cyberattacks.</span> <span data-start-time='63958' data-end-time='74271'>Trump was asked in the press conference if he had any message for the Russian leader in response to the hacking.</span> <span data-start-time='74271' data-end-time='75917'>“He shouldn’t be doing it.</span> <span data-start-time='75917' data-end-time='77167'>He won’t be doing it.</span> <span data-start-time='77167' data-end-time='85563'>Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I’m leading it, than when other people have led it.</span> <span data-start-time='85563' data-end-time='87188'>You will see that.”</span> <span data-start-time='87188' data-end-time='99188'>U.S. intelligence agencies have suggested that Putin might have engaged in hacking as a way to help Trump win the election.</span> <span data-start-time='99188' data-end-time='110167'>Much of the information released by the hacks turned out to be embarrassing to the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton.</span> <span data-start-time='110167' data-end-time='120917'>But Trump said the Republican National Committee also became aware of attempts to hack into its organization.</span> <span data-start-time='120917' data-end-time='128917'>He said possible attacks were stopped by putting security measures in place.</span> <span data-start-time='128917' data-end-time='141188'>Speaking about future relations with Russia, Trump told reporters he does not think it is a bad thing if Putin actually likes him.</span> <span data-start-time='141188' data-end-time='147938'>“If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what folks, that’s called an asset, not a liability.”</span> <span data-start-time='147938' data-end-time='156542'>Trump added that cyberattacks from outside the United States were not only coming from Russia.</span> <span data-start-time='156542' data-end-time='162792'>He said China is also involved, along with other nations.</span> <span data-start-time='162792' data-end-time='178313'>Trump said he has asked his top national security officials to complete within 90 days a major report on ways the government can prevent hacking.</span> <span data-start-time='178313' data-end-time='191313'>Trump denounced news reports that Russia is holding onto secret personal and financial information that could embarrass him.</span> <span data-start-time='191313' data-end-time='200792'>The reports also alleged that his campaign had made contact with Russian intelligence officials.</span> <span data-start-time='200792' data-end-time='204479'>“I think it's a disgrace,” Trump said.</span> <span data-start-time='204479' data-end-time='207208'>“It’s all fake news.”</span> <span data-start-time='207208' data-end-time='221646'>The unproven information in the news reports was reportedly included in a secret U.S. intelligence report on Russian influence in the election.</span> <span data-start-time='221646' data-end-time='231625'>Copies of that report were given last week to Trump, President Barack Obama and leaders of Congress.</span> <span data-start-time='231625' data-end-time='242500'>During the press conference, Trump also announced how he planned to deal with his business interests during his presidency.</span> <span data-start-time='242500' data-end-time='255125'>The president-elect has promised that his business activities would not pose a conflict of interest while he serves as 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data-correct-choice='China and others'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/the_republican_national_committee.m4a'><span>the Republican National Committee</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/senate_and_congress.m4a'><span>Senate and Congress</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/united_states_intelligence.m4a'><span>United States intelligence</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/china_and_others.m4a'><span>China and others</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7925 data-hint-location='120917' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/trump_said_hacks_were_stopped_by_putting__blank__in_place.m4a'>Trump said hacks were stopped by putting <span class='blank'>security measures</span> in place.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='security measures'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/voter_fraud.m4a'><span>voter fraud</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/press_conferences.m4a'><span>press conferences</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/intelligence_officials.m4a'><span>intelligence officials</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1620/security_measures.m4a'><span>security measures</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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