FBI Chief Nominee Has No Doubts Concerning Intel Report on Russia

FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray said during his confirmation hearing in Congress on Wednesday that he has no reason to doubt the conclusions from the Intelligence Community that Russia interfered in the 2016 US election.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — In January, the US Intelligence Community released a report saying it had "high confidence" in the conclusion that Russia meddled in the US presidential election. Russia has repeatedly refuted all the allegations, calling them absurd and intended to deflect public opinion from pressing domestic issues.

The report did not offer proof for the claims that Russia attempted to hack and influence the US election process, but made the claims anyway.

"I have no reason to doubt the conclusions of the intelligence community," Wray told the US Senate Judiciary Committee.

After receiving an intelligence briefing on the report, then President-elect Donald Trump said the election outcome had not been affected.