Barack Obama is facing increasing pressure from congressional Democrats demanding further disclosures regarding Russia’s role in the 2016 US elections. A group of senior House Democrats has written to the president seeking a classified briefing for colleagues on “Russian entities’ hacking of American political organizations; hacking and strategic release of emails from campaign officials; the WikiLeaks disclosures; fake news stories produced and distributed with the intent to mislead American voters; and any other Russian or Russian-related interference or involvement in our recent election.” Additionally, the White House has not responded to a week-old letter signed by every Democratic and Democratic-aligned member of the Senate intelligence committee seeking declassification of “additional information concerning the Russian government and the US election”.