Barack Obama orders 'full review' of possible Russian hacking in US election
by Spencer Ackerman in New York and David Smith in Wa from on (#24NJQ)
President's decision to have US intelligence agencies look over evidence comes after unrelenting pressure from Democratic lawmakers to declassify information
Barack Obama has ordered US intelligence to review evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after coming under sustained pressure from congressional Democrats.
The review will be one of Obama's final instructions to the intelligence agencies, which will soon report to Donald Trump, whom congressional Democrats consider the beneficiary of a hack targeting the Democratic National Committee.
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