STICKING WITH THE RUSSIAN HACKER THEME

Julian Assange said the Russian government was not his source for the hacked emails they released from both the Democratic National Committee and the chairman of the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign John Podesta

But the Democrats are sticking with the " blame the Russians" narrative:

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) told CNN that "it's clear to me that this is a very serious situation" and President Obama should issue a public report on the "major covert influence campaign" by Moscow at the "soonest time possible."

She emphasized that committee members can't elaborate much in public on what they heard in briefings, but said her beliefs on Russia's guilt are "a product of those briefings."