Donald Trump backs Wikileaks founder over Russian hacking

2017-01-04 3

President-elect Donald Trump backed up Wikileaks founder Julian Assange who believes Russia was not responsible for hacking the U.S. election. U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russia directly targeted the Democratic Party and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday evening, Trump tweeted that his meeting with intelligence regarding the matter was delayed despite officials insisting the opposite. In an interview with Fox News, Assange said that Russia was not behind the leak and that a 14-year-old boy was capable of the security breach.