A declassified CIA memo released Wednesday challenges the work intelligence agencies did to conclude that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election because it wanted Republican Donald Trump to win.

An intelligence assessment after the election found that Russia waged an information warfare campaign designed to boost Trump’s prospects and damage Hillary Clinton's candidacy.

A declassified CIA report weakened an earlier determination that Russia’s Vladimir Putin had “aspired” to help elect Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, supporting President Trump’s longstanding claim that the Kremlin played no role in his victory.