U.S. intelligence chiefs briefed President-elect Donald Trump last week on unconfirmed claims that Russia has compromising information about him. Hillary Clinton's camp is upset that the media didn't make a bigger deal before Election Day of unconfirmed claims about a Russian effort to compromise Donald Trump. Which means the media must be doing something right. President-elect Donald Trump found himself in "familiar territory" addressing reporters at his first news conference since winning the election, calling CNN "fake news" and trashing Buzzfeed. On "Morning Joe" on Wednesday, Tom Brokaw described how NBC News handled the unconfirmed claims: "I first heard about it four months ago.

Source: Washington Post January 11, 2017 16:31 UTC