Assange’s Claims on DNC Hack Have ‘No Credibility,’ Say Intel Chiefs

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As the world seeks to understand the alleged Russian hacking that rattled last year’s election, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threw a spanner into the investigation, saying earlier this week that Russia wasn’t the source of Democratic Party emails that his secret-spilling group published—a claim then amplified in a tweet from president-elect Donald Trump. But America’s top spies have made clear that no statement from Assange, even one backed by the next president, will sway their finding that the Kremlin is behind those political attacks.

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