President Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed the hacking campaign that has torn through U.S. government agencies and businesses that experts believe is the work of Russian intelligence, deflecting blame away from Russia and suggesting Chinese involvement while contradicting top officials in his own administration. Trump's comments caught the White House off guard as they attempted to square the president's comments with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's remarks a day earlier. He said Russia was "pretty clearly" behind the hack, according to two officials with knowledge of the situation. It is the latest example of Trump's unwillingness to criticize Russia, which U.S. intelligence agencies have said interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump. | 
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