Obama administration: We're "100 percent certain" on Russian interference [View all]

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A State Department spokesman says the Obama administration has no doubt Russia tried to influence the 2016 election through hacking.

“President Obama and this administration is 100 percent certain in the role that Russia played in trying to sow discord and confusion and getting involved, through the cyber domain, in our electoral process,” spokesman John Kirby told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tuesday. "There’s no question about that.”

“The information is there, and it’s rock solid. We obviously would not have pursued the measures that we pursued without that level of certainty. So, yes, we are 100 percent certain.”


Kirby said President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry came to the conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 race after an exhaustive analysis by U.S. national intelligence agencies.

“And that’s not just an assessment by the president, or Secretary Kerry or Cabinet officials,” he added. "It’s an assessment by the entire intelligence community.”


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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/312504-state-dept-100-percent-certain-on-russia-hacking