(NPR) Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind Cyberattack, Prompting Pushback From Trump

Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind Cyberattack, Prompting Pushback From Trump

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, seen here during a conference earlier this month in Atlanta, told the Mark Levin Show that Russia was "pretty clearly" behind a massive hack that breached multiple government agencies.



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Pompeo Says Russia 'Pretty Clearly' Behind Cyberattack, Prompting Pushback From Trump

A day after the secretary of state became the highest-ranking administration official to blame Russia for a vast hack of multiple U.S. agencies, the president suggested someone else may be to blame.