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Article snippet: Top homeland security and intelligence officials in President Trump's administration have thrown their support behind the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, breaking from the president's own wariness to endorse the findings. At the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on Thursday, Thomas Bossert, the president's homeland security adviser, said that there was no question that Russia had meddled in the 2016 election in comments reported by USA Today. "There is a pretty clear and easy answer to that and that is yes," Bossert said when asked if he backed the conclusion from U.S. intelligence agencies. He added that more should be done to "punish" Russia and other groups for interfering in the election process. "Not one bad actor is paying for their actions,'' Bossert added. "Of course,'' Pompeo said Thursday when asked if Russia interfered. "And the one before that, and the one before that. "(Russia) has no intention of backing off.'' The remarks from two of President Trump's top intelligence officials are a major break from Trump's own public comments. Trump has long cast doubt on assertions that the Kremlin sought to interfere in the presidential race to swing the election in his favor. Even since taking office, the president has been reluctant to stand behind the intelligence community on the matter. In April, he suggested that the hacks that roiled the Democratic National Committee and I'm not saying it wasn't Russia,'' Tru... Link to the full article to read more