Trump's future spokeswoman doubts the proportionality of Russia's punishment

One of the leading assistants to the elected President of the United States Donald Trump and his future spokesman Sean Spicer said on Sunday that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia, sending 35 diplomats suspected of activities incompatible with diplomatic status.

Sean Spicer said the ABC program “This week” that Trump “ask questions to the American intelligence services” after US President Barack Obama imposed sanctions last week against two Russian intelligence agencies for hacking during the presidential election. Obama also ordered Russia to release two objects used by diplomats in the framework of tightening sanctions against Russia.

"One of the questions that exists, why did these (response) have accepted such a scale? 35 people are expelled, two objects are closed and the question is, is it proportional to the actions taken? Maybe it was? Maybe this was not, but you need to think about it," Spicer said.

Trump should receive information from representatives of the American intelligence community during briefings this week after returning to New York. On Saturday, he repeated his skepticism that Russia is responsible for computer hacks of e -mail of officials of the Democratic Party. He said that he would reveal the available information on this issue on Tuesday or on Wednesday, without going into details. It remains unclear whether he will try to revise Obama’s actions after taking office on January 20.

Spicer recalled that after China in 2015 seized information about civil servants in the United States, "no action was publicly accepted." The US intelligence services believe that hacking by Russian hackers of computers of the Democratic Party during the presidential election, helped Trump to defeat his opponent Hillary Clinton.