President Trump "remains unconvinced" that Russia interfered in the US election, according to a CNN report.
President Trump reportedly still holds a different view than many senior intelligence officials when it comes to Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election.
"Even as his intelligence chiefs unanimously told a Senate panel Tuesday that Russia meddled in 2016 and is planning to do so again in 2018, three sources familiar with the President's thinking say he remains unconvinced that Russia interfered in the presidential election," CNN reported Tuesday.
"He views the notion that Russia meddled in the election as an argument that he had help to win, and that he didn't win the election on his own," the media outlet added.
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and others from the intelligence community, however, issued a stark warning about Russia's motives at Tuesday's hearing.
"There should be no doubt that Russia perceives that its past efforts have been successful and views the 2018 midterm US elections as a potential target for Russian influence operations," Coats said. "Frankly, the United States is under attack."
An intelligence report released in January to the public said, in part, "we assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election."
"Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency," the report also noted. "We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgments."
Trump has been rather consistent in dismissing the Russia probe.
After meeting with Putin at a summit in Asia late last year, Trump said, "Every time he sees me he says, 'I didn't do that,' and I really believe that when he tells me that, he means it."