"It's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. Nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation," he said in a short statement.
Trump, who has dismissed accusations that Russia sought to help him in his race with Democrat Hillary Clinton, issued the statement hours after the US government announced new economic sanctions on Russia and the expulsion of 35 Russian officials in reprisal for the alleged cyber attacks and for harassment of US diplomats in Russia.
The claim of Russian meddling arose following the publication by WikiLeaks of e-mails from the Democratic National Committee and from the chairman of Clinton's presidential campaign, John Podesta.
The content of those e-mails cast Clinton and the DNC in a negative light.
US intelligence officials concluded that Russia intervened to help Republican candidate Trump win the presidential election, though WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that Russia was not the source of the material he published.
The officials also said they were certain Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in the putative hacking.
EFE
29/12/16
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