McConnell praised the American intelligence community, saying he has “the highest confidence in the intelligence community, and especially the Central Intelligence Agency” — which Trump had recently lambasted over its findings.

McConnell’s comments were an implicit rebuke of Trump, who has questioned whether Russia actually interfered with the election, including with hacks of Democratic operatives.

A bipartisan group of senators — McCain, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island — had on Sunday called for an investigation into the intelligence community’s finding that Russia attempted to influence the election.

The President-elect on Sunday morning blasted the intelligence community anew, calling its assessment that Russia interfered in the election “ridiculous.”