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McMaster Says Evidence of Russia Interference 'Incontrovertible'

The national security adviser broke with what has been President Trump's script about the F.B.I. investigation into Russian interference in the election.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster spoke at the Munich Security Conference Saturday and said the U.S. "will expose and act against those who use cyberspace" to spread disinformation.

One day after a federal grand jury indicted more than a dozen Russians in connection with interfering in the 2016 presidential election, , "As you can see with the F.B.I. indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain, whereas in the past it was difficult to attribute."

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