Donald Trump dismisses 'ridiculous' reports Russian hacking intervened in US election
US President-elect Donald Trump has rejected as "ridiculous" reported US intelligence findings that Russia intervened in the presidential election on his behalf through targeted hacking.
The Republican President-elect's comments pit him against some leading foreign policy voices in the US Senate from his own party, who on Sunday expressed alarm about election meddling by Moscow.
He blamed Democrats for putting out the media reports and said he did not believe they came from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Mr Trump's dismissal was perhaps aimed at squashing doubts about whether he won the November 8 election fairly.
