President-elect Donald J. Trump said in an interview Friday morning that the storm surrounding Russian hacking during the presidential campaign is a political witch hunt being carried out by his adversaries, who he said were embarrassed by their loss to him in the election last year.He still can't tell the difference between "sour grapes" and patriotism to this nation, which is far bigger than any single election. And that is very, very worrying indeed.
Mr. Trump spoke to The New York Times by telephone three hours before he was set to be briefed by the nation's top intelligence and law enforcement officials about the Russian hacking of American political institutions. In the conversation, he repeatedly criticized the intense focus on Russia.
...Mr. Trump, who has consistently expressed doubts about the evidence of Russian hacking during the election, did so again on Friday. Asked why he thought there was so much attention being given to the Russian cyberattacks, the president-elect said the motivation was political.
"They got beaten very badly in the election. I won more counties in the election than Ronald Reagan," Mr. Trump said during an eight-minute telephone conversation. "They are very embarrassed about it. To some extent, it's a witch hunt. They just focus on this."
Relatedly (by Tommy Christopher and me): Kellyanne Conway provokes laughter with her refusal to even say the word "Russia."
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