Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's top adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said Thursday that President Obama's newly announced sanctions against Russia seem to be "largely symbolic."

The Obama administration's sanctions and other punitive measures agains Russian intelligence groups were announced Thursday in response to Moscow's cyberattacks against U.S. political groups aimed at interfering with the presidential election.

Conway, echoing the president-elect, said Thursday that "it's time to move on" when asked about the sanctions.

"He believes it's time to move on," Conway said of Trump in a CNN interview. "I've been reading reports about these retaliations, these sanctions put forward by Obama and his administration. Some of them seem largely symbolic ... and we're yet to see all the intelligence reports."

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Trump issued a statement Thursday afternoon saying that he would "meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation.”

Conway suggested that until Trump receives an intelligence briefing next week, he still believes "it's time to move on for bigger and better things for the country," rather than discuss Russian hacking.

Conway: "We are not in favor of foreign gov'ts interfering in our elections or interfering in our intelligence..." https://t.co/KNeqBKRcj1 — OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) December 30, 2016

"This is really about the [Democratic National Committee's] breach. They didn't have the proper security. ... Someone was able to hack the information," Conway continued. "We are not in favor of foreign governments interfering in our elections or interfering in our intelligence. But we're also not in favor of our intelligence interfering with elections after the fact."

Some on the Hill agree with Conway that the measures seem symbolic. Several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged Congress to impose further sanctions on Russia.