“He’s not denying that entities in Russia were behind this particular hacking campaign,” Priebus said on “Fox News Sunday.” He added that the Russian government has the “primary” responsibility for the hacks.
“But we also have a problem when we have a major political institution that allows foreign governments into their system with hardly any defenses or training,” Priebus, the outgoing chairman of the Republican National Committee, said, calling the DNC a “sitting duck.”
Kellyanne Conway, who will be a counselor to the president in the new White House, also deflected by making a false claim about the intelligence community's assessment.
“Mr. Clapper in his testimony made very clear on Thursday under oath that any attempt, any aspiration to influence our elections failed,” Conway said on CNN's “State of the Union,” referring to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. “We're talking about this because we had embarrassing leaks from the DNC emails.”
Clapper did not say this. He told members of Congress on Thursday that it was not possible for the intelligence community to assess what specific electoral effect the Russian intervention might have had.
Later in the interview, Conway contradicted herself, acknowledging that the WikiLeaks documents, which were allegedly stolen from the DNC by the Russians, did have an effect on the campaign.
“It was quite embarrassing to watch her closest advisers question her judgment and question whether she would ever find her voice,” Conway said. But she added that polling showed for some time that Clinton was not viewed as trustworthy by the American public, and that “has nothing to do with Moscow.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina senator and former GOP presidential candidate, said it was a “mistake” for some Republicans to celebrate the WikiLeaks revelations.
“But we also have a problem when we have a major political institution that allows foreign governments into their system with hardly any defenses or training,” Priebus, the outgoing chairman of the Republican National Committee, said, calling the DNC a “sitting duck.”
Kellyanne Conway, who will be a counselor to the president in the new White House, also deflected by making a false claim about the intelligence community's assessment.
“Mr. Clapper in his testimony made very clear on Thursday under oath that any attempt, any aspiration to influence our elections failed,” Conway said on CNN's “State of the Union,” referring to James Clapper, the director of national intelligence. “We're talking about this because we had embarrassing leaks from the DNC emails.”
Clapper did not say this. He told members of Congress on Thursday that it was not possible for the intelligence community to assess what specific electoral effect the Russian intervention might have had.
Later in the interview, Conway contradicted herself, acknowledging that the WikiLeaks documents, which were allegedly stolen from the DNC by the Russians, did have an effect on the campaign.
“It was quite embarrassing to watch her closest advisers question her judgment and question whether she would ever find her voice,” Conway said. But she added that polling showed for some time that Clinton was not viewed as trustworthy by the American public, and that “has nothing to do with Moscow.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina senator and former GOP presidential candidate, said it was a “mistake” for some Republicans to celebrate the WikiLeaks revelations.
