The White House on Thursday doubled down on its claim
that Trump knew about Russian hacking of the campaign well before
Election Day, and a spokesman for the Obama administration called on the
president-elect to cooperate with a congressional probe into the
matter.
The cyberattacks and the response to them has becoming a point of increasing tension for the outgoing and incoming White Houses.
Last
weekend it was reported that the FBI believes Russia's election
interference was intended to help elect Trump — not merely to sow chaos
and undermine faith in the Democratic process — a claim Trump has repeatedly denied.
On
Friday, Twitter users including former independent presidential
candidate Evan McMullin accused the president-elect of "deflecting" from
the main issue:
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