The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s plan to hand his global business empire to his sons before his inauguration on 20 January. The plan does not match the “standards” of US presidents over the last 40 years, Walter Shaub said. A Trump lawyer said earlier the new … Read more
Classified documents that the heads of four U. S. intelligence agencies presented last week to President-elect Donald Trump included claims that Russian intelligence operatives have compromising information about him, two U.S. officials said Tuesday evening. They told Reuters the claims, which one called “unsubstantiated,” were contained in a two-page memo appended to a report on … Read more
Russia says US allegations that it ran a hacking campaign to influence the American presidential elections are “reminiscent of a witch-hunt”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Moscow was tired of the accusations. He said a report released by US intelligence agencies detailing the allegations was groundless. It is the first official reaction from Russia … Read more
Russia says US allegations that it ran a hacking campaign to influence the American presidential elections are “reminiscent of a witch-hunt”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Moscow was tired of the accusations. He said a report released by US intelligence agencies detailing the allegations was groundless. It is the first official reaction from Russia … Read more
Russia says US allegations that it ran a hacking campaign to influence the American presidential elections are “reminiscent of a witch-hunt”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Moscow was tired of the accusations. He said a report released by US intelligence agencies detailing the allegations was groundless. It is the first official reaction from Russia … Read more
Hacking had no effect on the outcome of the US election, President-elect Donald Trump has said after a meeting with intelligence chiefs. However, Mr Trump said he would ask for a plan within 90 days of taking office on how to stop cyber-attacks. US intelligence chiefs believe Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party … Read more
The US has identified the Russian agents behind alleged hacking ahead of the presidential election won by Donald Trump in November, reports say. The agents, whose names have not been released, are alleged to have sent stolen Democratic emails to WikiLeaks to try to swing the vote for Mr Trump. Russia denies any involvement and … Read more
US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to “grow up” and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community. On Friday, Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations Russia meddled in the US presidential election – claims he has cast doubt on. Mr Biden said it was “absolutely mindless” for the president-elect not to … Read more
US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to “grow up” and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community. On Friday, Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations Russia meddled in November’s US presidential election. But Mr Trump has cast doubt on claims of Russian involvement, and criticised the intelligence community in tweets. Mr … Read more
The US intelligence chief has promised to explain why Russia allegedly meddled in the US presidential election. Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the hack of Democratic Party emails, and the motive will be revealed next week. Russia has denied involvement but the US has announced sanctions against … Read more
A top US intelligence official says the reason why Russia allegedly meddled in the US election will be revealed in a report published next week. Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper told Congress the motive of Russian President Vladimir Putin would be revealed. Intelligence agencies say the Kremlin ordered the hack of Democratic emails. … Read more
Former US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has for the first time attributed her election defeat to Russian hacking. She told party donors that President Putin had a “personal beef” against her for describing Russia’s parliamentary elections five years ago as rigged. She also cited the release of a letter by FBI director James Comey … Read more
Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta on Monday backed Electoral College electors who are asking to receive an intelligence briefing on foreign interventions into the 2016 election ahead of their December 19 vote. The statement is the closest Podesta and Clinton’s former campaign infrastructure have come calling into question the legitimacy of Donald Trump’s presidency … Read more
US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has submitted his letter of resignation, he told a congressional panel on Thursday. He told the House Intelligence Committee that “it felt pretty good”. The 75-year-old top American spy had been expected to step aside, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to appoint his own officials. Analysts believe that … Read more
American allies woke up to Donald Trump’s victory early Wednesday deeply unsettled, questioning whether the US will remain a stalwart partner and a stable pillar of the international order. Trump himself promised change and uncertainty in his first major foreign policy address in April, saying he would “shake the rust off America’s foreign policy” and … Read more
POTUS 45 won’t have much time to celebrate. After a bruising brawl of a campaign, the next US commander in chief will inherit a world with the toughest array of foreign policy challenges in decades. The President’s Situation Room meetings will focus on hot, cold and simmering conflicts around the globe, all playing out as … Read more
A new bipartisan report by the House Intelligence Committee depicts former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden as a “serial exaggerator and fabricator” who only began downloading highly classified documents after being reprimanded over a “workplace spat” with his bosses. The highly damning report, which accuses Snowden of doing “tremendous damage to national security,” was … Read more