security. i would not be praising him under any circumstance. >> reporter: trump is battling against a growing support of intelligence views that hackers were meddling in the election. though they support the comments that -- >> russia tried to medal in our political system, no two ways about it. first of all, this is what the president-elect is upset about. there are attempts on the left to try to delegitimize this election. that's just bogus. he won fair and square. he won clearly and convincingly. >> reporter: democrats argue it's more about trump's grasp of reality. >> this is not healthy skepticism as they would like to portray it. this is very unhealthy essentially avoidance of the facts because they don't suit the president-elect's interests. >> reporter: trump's critics say he harmed his own credibility this week by claiming he would reveal by now new information