CIA nominee agrees Russia tried to interfere in election

Friday, January 13, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA told Congress on Thursday he accepts the findings in an intelligence assessment Russia interfered in the U.S. election with the goal of helping Trump win, even though the president-elect has been skeptical of some of the report's conclusions.

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