President-elect Donald Trump will be briefed this morning on a report by U.S. intelligence officials detailing the suspected interference of Russian and other foreign entities in U.S. elections, according to incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on the suspected involvement of the Russians in attempts to interfere with U.S. political institutions.
Spicer told "Good Morning America" today that Trump "absolutely, 100 percent" has an open mind.
"I think he's prepared to listen and understand how they got to the conclusions they did," Spicer said.
"The president-elect, I think, has a healthy skepticism of everything, and that's important. People need to know that when decisions are made -- and we've seen this in the past -- that a rush to judgment is not in the country's best interest.
"He wants to make sure that whatever decisions we make -- whether it's sanctions or actions -- that it's in the country's best interest," he added.
The classified report was delivered to the White House Thursday morning, according to a senior U.S. official. Obama had directed the intelligence community to produce a report reviewing malicious cyberactivity related to the presidential election cycle, including the alleged Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee.
The president also asked intelligence officials to review a pattern of malicious cyberactivity from foreign actors dating back to 2008.
The report is expected to show evidence the intelligence community has gathered to show Russia was behind the hack and release of emails and documents from the DNC, Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said last month.
It is being crafted by senior national security and intelligence officials, including the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the CIA, the NSA and others.
ABC News' John Parkinson contributed to this report.
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