talk about FAKE news....Previous ambassador THINKS Putin tried to help Trump.....And it's a SECRET CIA assessment, SECRET ? then why do we know about it ? and remember the CIA said IRAQ had weapons of mass destruction.....

Former ambassador to Russia: Putin wanted 'revenge' against Clinton  The Hill  Jessie Hellmann3 hrs ago

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Secret CIA assessment: Russia was attempting to assist Trump

Russia interfered in the U.S. elections to get revenge against Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. ambassador to the Kremlin said Sunday.

Michael McFaul, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help Donald Trump win the presidency to hurt Clinton.

"Let's remember that Vladimir Putin thinks [Clinton] interfered in his election - the parliamentary election in December 2011 - and has said as much publicly, and I've heard him talk about it privately," McFaul said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The New York Times reported last week that American intelligence agencies concluded that Russia acted covertly to harm Clinton's campaign and promote Trump.

Putin would also be motivated to help Trump because the two support many of the same policies, McFaul said.

"It's very rational in my view that [Putin] would rather see President-elect Trump be the next president of the United States instead of Secretary Clinton," he said.

"We really do need this bipartisan, independent investigation that others are calling for."