Donald Trump backs Julian Assange over Russia hacking claim

President-elect Donald Trump has backed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in casting doubt on intelligence alleging Russian meddling in the US election. Mr Assange said Russia was not the source for the site’s mass leak of emails from the Democratic Party. Mr Trump has now backed that view in a tweet. He wrote: “Assange… said Russians … Continue reading Donald Trump backs Julian Assange over Russia hacking claim