WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday that it agrees with the U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election to hurt the candidacy of Democrat Hillary Clinton and help President Donald Trump.
The conclusion is at odds with Republican members of the House intelligence committee, who said that while they agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to hamper Clinton’s campaign, that didn’t mean he wanted to help Trump. The House committee said the intelligence agencies failed to use “proper analytic tradecraft” when they assessed Putin’s intentions.
