What did Donald Trump claim about elections on 19 Oct 2016?
Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee ·
She has no idea whether it's Russia, China, or anybody else. ... And our country has no idea.
The country did know. Twelve days earlier, Homeland Security and the intelligence chief said U.S. intelligence was confident the Russian government directed the email hacks.
Twelve days earlier, the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence said the U.S. Intelligence Community was confident that the Russian government directed the recent compromises of emails from U.S. persons and institutions, including political organizations (DHS and ODNI joint statement, Oct. 7, 2016).
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The claim
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- Third presidential debate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The record
Primary source (agency statement)