White House, Trump team clash over alleged Russian hacking
The White House on Thursday clashed with President-elect Donald Trump`s transition team over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Washington: The White House on Thursday clashed with President-elect Donald Trump`s transition team over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The remarks came one day after Earnest suggested on Wednesday`s briefing that Trump was aware before Election Day that Russia was involved and "their involvement was having a negative impact on his opponent`s campaign".
Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway on Thursday took a shot at Earnest, calling his remarks on Wednesday "incredibly irresponsible".
"He essentially stated that the President-elect had knowledge of this (hacking), maybe even fanned the flames," said Conway in an interview with Fox News. "It`s incredibly irresponsible and I wonder if his boss, President Obama agrees."
During his campaign, Trump at one of his news conferences in July did encourage the Russians to hack his rival Democrat Hillary Clinton`s e-mail system and reveal the contents.
"I will tell you this, Russia: if you`re listening, I hope you`re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing," said Trump, referring to half of the e-mails deleted from Clinton`s private e-mail server because they were claimed by Clinton as containing private information.
The Trump team later characterised that remark as a joke.
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