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Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign

by Jill ColvinMatthew Lee
| December 19, 2020 10:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyber espionage operation against the United States and tried to minimize its impact.

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