GOP Sen. Tom Cotton Defies Trump On Wikileaks: I Trust Our Analysts More Than I Trust Assange [VIDEO]

The Hill reports:

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Wednesday said he had more trust in the country’s intelligence community than in WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange. “I have a lot more faith in our intelligence officers serving around the world, very smart and experienced analysts that we have here in the nation’s capital, than I do in people like Julian Assange,” Cotton said Wednesday on MSNBC. “I can tell you that much.”

Cotton’s comments come after President-elect Donald Trump tweeted earlier in the day that Assange said a “14 year old could have hacked Podesta” and questioned why the DNC was “so careless.” Cotton said Wednesday he thinks it “reasonable” for people to wait and see what comes out in the intelligence report, adding he doesn’t see a need to jump to conclusions before looking at that report.

He also said he doesn’t dispute the intelligence community’s report from last year that said Russia was behind the attack on the Democratic National Committee. “That’s to be expected from Russia. That’s what they do,” Cotton said.

Cotton went to claim that Russia only committed the attack because President Obama’s inaction in the past had emboldened them.