House Speaker Paul Ryan expressed confidence Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump will be “better informed” on Russian hacking after he’s briefed by the intelligence community.
“I think he has not received his Russia briefing yet. I believe that’s scheduled for Friday,” the Wisconsin Republican told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday morning. “So hopefully, he’ll get up to speed on what, you know, has been happening and what Russia has or has not done. And he’ll be better informed on that.”
Trump has for months rejected the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment that Russia meddled in the presidential election, including reports that the CIA, FBI and Office of the Director of National Intelligence are in agreement that the Kremlin conducted cyberattacks with the aim of installing Trump as president.
The president-elect announced last week that he would meet with leaders of the intelligence community this week, the first time he had shown any willingness to potentially accept the intelligence agencies’ consensus.
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Perhaps it would be best for him to lay off the Twitter until then? LOL – like that'll ever happen. #nothingmatters https://t.co/BmlJtTNgN6
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) January 4, 2017
.@SpeakerRyan: @realDonaldTrump will 'be better informed' after Russia briefing https://t.co/fVbyDOlZiz pic.twitter.com/fXfUOJEHHd
— POLITICO (@politico) January 4, 2017
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