washington president-elect donald trump accept u.s. intelligence community conclusion russia engage cyber attack u.s. presidential election may take action response incoming chief staff say sunday reince priebus say trump believe russia behind intrusions democratic party organizations although priebus clarify whether president-elect agree hack direct russian president vladimir putin accept fact particular case entities russia issue priebus say fox news sunday first acknowledgment senior member republican president-elect team trump accept russia direct hack subsequent disclosure democratic email 2016 presidential election trump rebuff allegations russia behind hack try help win say intrusions could carry china 400-pound hacker bed less two weeks jan. 20 inauguration trump come increase pressure fellow republicans accept intelligence community find russian hack attempt moscow influence nov. election crucial test republican support trump come week first confirmation hear cabinet pick u.s. intelligence report last week say putin direct sophisticate influence campaign include cyber attack denigrate democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton support trump report commission democratic president barack obama december conclude vote tally affect russian interference assess whether influence outcome vote ways receive brief friday leaders u.s. intelligence agencies trump refer specifically russia role presidential campaign statement acknowledge russia china countries outside group people consistently try break cyber infrastructure governmental institutions businesses organizations include democrat ic national committee trump spokesman sean spic tell reuters president-elect conclusions remain priebus comment line friday statement priebus word appear foreshadow dramatic reversal trump apparent russia policy experts say would require deter cyber attack take lot hear television today make putin cool expert add fact may anything deter putin pursue course bet future russia say u.s. intelligence expert russia speak condition anonymity discuss domestic political position expert add putin multifaceted campaign cyber attack espionage propaganda financial leverage fake news traditional espionage expand unite state since election shock escalate france germany elsewhere year priebus former republican national committee chairman trump tap white house chief staff say trump plan order intelligence community make recommendations do action may take say add nothing wrong try good relationship russia countries two senior republican senators urge trump punish russia response u.s. intelligence agencies conclusion putin personally direct efforts aim influence election appear nbc meet press senators lindsey graham john mccain say evidence conclusive putin seek influence election point trump refute couple weeks donald trump defender free world democracy graham say let everybody know america republicans democrats go make russia pay price try interfere saturday trump write twitter good relationship russia good thing u.s. representative devin nunes republican chairman house intelligence committee say three u.s. presidents try fail friends putin sure possible nunes say fox news sunday program caution administration careful putin remain bad actor senate majority leader mitch mcconnell agree unusual new president want get along russians add cbs however russians remain big adversary demonstrate try mess around election obama try reset relations russia take office 2009 tell nbc think underestimate russian president think underestimate degree new information age possible misinformation cyber hack forth impact open societies open systems insinuate democratic practice ways think accelerate say interview meet press broadcast sunday trump acknowledge russia role u.s. election hack aide