USPresidentDonaldTrumpacknowledgedTuesdaythatRussiaand"othercountries"meddledinthe2016presidentialelectionthatbroughthimtopower,butvowedtomakesureitwouldnothapp
President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of national intelligence pledged on Tuesday to support thorough investigation of any Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, seeking to reassure lawmakers worried that partisan politics might interfere with a probe.