CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Donald Trump win White House

By Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller
Updated December 10 2016 - 1:08pm, first published 12:09pm

Washington: The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the US electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.