Apr.
30, 2017, 2:19 PMPRINT
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President Donald Trump appears on stage at a rally in Harrisburg Thomson Reuters
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the emails of
Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering
the view of U.S. intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the
hacks.
In
an interview transcript published on Sunday, Trump gave no evidence backing his
allegation, first made on the eve of the Nov. 8 presidential election, that
China could have hacked the emails of his rivals.
"If
you don't catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it's very hard to say who did the
hacking," the president said in an interview with CBS "Face the
Nation." "(It) could have been China, could have been a lot of
different groups."
The
hackers roiled the presidential campaign by making public embarrassing emails
sent by Democratic operatives and aides to Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton. One email showed party leaders favoring Clinton over her rival
in the campaign for the party's internal nomination contest.
Trump
has been dismissive of the statements by intelligence officials that Moscow
hacked the emails to help Trump win the election. During the Sept 26
presidential debate with Clinton, Trump said China was one of many actors that
could have been behind the hack, including "somebody sitting on their bed
that weighs 400 pounds."
Like
Russia, China is a longstanding cybersecurity adversary of the United States.
Trump in recent weeks has softened his criticism of Chinese trade policies as
Washington seeks Beijing's support in diffusing military tensions with North
Korea.
Before
Trump was elected, he pledged to improve relations with Moscow. Russia has
denied any involvement in the hacks. Lawmakers are currently investigating
whether Trump's campaign team had ties with Russia.
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