trump: Photo by Mindaugas Kulbis/AP Officials Putin was directly involved with hack that helped Trump 12/15/16 08 00 AM By Steve Benen There still some debate among officials about why Russians intervened in the American presidential election the CIA believes it was intended to help put Donald Trump in the White House but as things stand 17 U.S. intelligence agencies agree that Vladimir Putin government was responsible for the cyber-attacks, according to MSNBC. Close video The Rachel Maddow Show, 12/14/16, 9 00 PM ET Putin directly involved in US election hacking NBC News Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about the new revelations reported by NBC News that Vladimir Putin was personally involved in the hacking of the U.S. election. share tweet email save Embed But what about Putin himself NBC News had this striking report last night U.S. intelligence officials now believe with a high level of confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News. Photo by Mindaugas Kulbis/AP A child walks past a graffiti depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the walls of a bar in the old town in Vilnius, Lithuania, May 14, 2016. Two senior officials with direct access to the information say new intelligence shows that Putin personally directed how hacked material from Democrats was leaked and otherwise used. Their use of the term high confidence implies that the intelligence is nearly incontrovertible. The intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for U.S. allies, the officials said . T he U.S. has solid information tying Putin to the operation, the intelligence officials say.
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