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Trump picks Rubio and Stefanik once confirmed Putin attacked the 2016 election to help Trump

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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Sen. Marco Rubio , R-Flas, have been tapped for top national security posts in Trump 's Cabinet .

Julian Zelizer : Two GOP lawmakers with access to top-secret information have confirmed that Vladimir Putin in 2016 attacked the US election to help elect Trump president.

Zelizer asks: How then to explain his decision to tap for national security positions?.

Ruben Navarrette : Rubio ’s report was full of damning information for Trump .

He says it pointed out that he and his campaign had tried to exploit the Russian assault and aided and abetted it by denying the Russians were engaged in such activity.

Now Trump has embraced two senior Republican lawmakers who challenged his claim of a hoax and affirmed the reality of the Trump - Russia scandal and Trump 's role in it.

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