Now Clinton aide Jennifer Palmieri claims the Russians tried to hack her days before election - and Google told her it was a 'foreign state'

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In the waning days of the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton's aides – and the Democratic National Committee – claim they were again targeted by hackers working for Russian intelligence.

Yahoo News reported that Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri received an alert from Google in mid-October that warned her that her personal Gmail account had been targeted by a 'foreign state,' she told the news site. 

'They were targeting us throughout the election,' another former senior Clinton aide told Yahoo News. 'They never stopped trying to get back in.'  

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Hillary Clinton's Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri told Yahoo News that a 'foreign state' tried to get into her Gmail account in the election's final days 

Late in the cycle, Hillary Clinton's team was attacked with 'phishing' emails, though the previous cyberattacks on John Podesta and the DNC ensured that they didn't take the bait

These new claims come on the heels of the CIA's assessment that Russia was behind a number of cyberattacks with the intention of throwing the election to Republican nominee Donald Trump. 

Previously, U.S. intelligence officials said they were 'confident' that the Russian government was behind a number of election-related cyberattacks, but didn't outline a motive. 

But the Washington Post reported Saturday that the CIA had briefed members of Congress and told lawmakers that the Russians deliberately targeted Democratic political organizations and Clinton campaign officials in an effort to elect Trump.

Both the CIA and FBI identified individuals close to the Russian government who handed over emails from Democrats to Wikileaks.

Trump won an Electoral College victory in the November election, though Clinton won the popular vote.

Late in the cycle, the Clinton team was attacked with 'phishing' emails, sent to nearly a dozen campaign and committee staffers, Yahoo News was told by Dmitri Alperovitch, the co-founder and CTO of Crowdstrike, the cybersecurity firm hired by the DNC to investigate the political party's initial hack. 

Thanks to the highly-publicized DNC hack and Wikileaks' release of the emails of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, Clinton and Democratic staffers knew better than to click on the bait. 

Trump, likely in an effort not to delegitimize his Electoral College win, has called the intelligence community's findings 'ridiculous.' 

'If you look at the story and you take a look at what they said, there’s great confusion,' the president-elect told Chris Wallace during an interview for 'Fox News Sunday.'

'Nobody really knows, and hacking is very interesting,' Trump continued. 'Once they hack, if you don't catch them in the act you're not going to catch them.' 

'They have no idea if it's Russia or China or somebody. It could be somebody sitting in a bed someplace. I mean, they have no idea,' Trump added. 

Trump made similar statements about the hacks back in October, during the second presidential debate, when he listed Russia and China and added 'it could also be lots of other people.' 

'It could be somebody sitting on their bed that weights 400 pounds, OK?' Trump said back then.   

 Talking to Yahoo, Alperovitch said he was 'puzzled' by Trump's dismissal of the intelligence community's findings, suggesting that perhaps the president-elect hasn't been fully briefed on the matter. 

Trump also told Wallace that he wasn't getting intelligence briefings every day, like most presidents and presidents-elect.      

'At this point, the matter of attribution on the intrusions has been settled,' Alperovitch told Yahoo. 'There is nobody that looks at the evidence who disputes this.' 

As for his confidence in Russia's fingerprints being all over the Democratic hacks, he said it was at '100 percent.'   

While Trump continues to refuse the findings, other Republicans are asking for answers.

Yesterday, Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, joined Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer and Jack Reed, in calling for a congressional investigation into what the intelligence agencies found. 

Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – who reportedly dragged his feet on a White House-led effort before the election to condemn Russia's actions –  said he supported a congressional investigation into the cyberattacks. 

'The Russians are not our friends,' he declared. 

House Speaker Paul Ryan, in a statement, said he was open to the intelligence committee looking into Russian cyber threats.  

'At the same time, exploiting the work of our intelligence community for partisan purposes does a grave disservice to those professionals and potentially jeopardizes our national security,' he said as a warning to Democrats. 

'As we work to protect our democracy from foreign influence, we should not cast doubt on the clear and decisive outcome of this election,' Ryan added, backing up Trump.