Trump could reverse effects of Obama order on Russia: official

There is no reason to believe Russia will cease interfering in U.S. and other countries' elections, Obama administration officials told reporters on a conference call after the president announced sanctions against Moscow.

"We believe these steps are important because Russia is not going to stop," one official said. "We have every indication that they will interfere in democratic elections in other countries, including some of our European allies," the official aid.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason, Lesley Wroughton and Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Alistair Bell)