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Following reports the CIA believe Moscow helped Trump defeat Clinton to become the next US President, the group of Electoral College Members are pushing for a security briefing into the CIA’s findings in a blatant attempt to stop Trump getting to the White House. This effort marks yet another desperate attempt to persuade other electoral college members not to vote for Trump before they go to cast their ballots on December 19.

We now know that the CIA has determined Russia's interference in our elections was for the purpose of electing Donald Trump - this should distress every American John Podesta

Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta has joined the 10 electoral college members in their plot to stop Trump by claiming Russian interference in the election was not given enough media coverage before the election day. He gave public support to a letter from the 10 rogue electoral college members demanding to see the CIA’s findings concerning Russian hacking. The letter said: “The Electors require to know from the intelligence community whether there are ongoing investigations into ties between Donald Trump, his campaign or associates, and Russian government interference in the election, the scope of those investigations, how far those investigations may have reached, and who was involved in those investigations.

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The White House also accused Trump of asking Russia to hack Clinton in another shocking effort to call the legitimacy of the vote result into question. White House spokesman Josh Earnest claimed: “He [Trump] called on Russia to hack his opponent. He called on Russia to attack Secretary Clinton. “So, he certainly had a pretty good sense of which side this activity was coming down on.”

GETTY Chrstine Pelosi (L) is one of 10 electoral college members demanding a briefing into Russian hacking

The President-elect’s transition team slammed the CIA after they claimed Russia had a hand in helping him win the election. A spokesperson said: “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. “The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest Electoral College victories in history. “It's now time to move on and ‘Make America Great Again’.”

GETTY Trump's transition team slammed the CIA for claiming Russia helped him win the election