Nearly one in four democrat Electoral College voters sign letter demanding information on Russian election hacking

Letter calls for release of information 'to investigate, discuss, and deliberate... about whom to vote for in the electoral college'

Nearly one in four democratic members of the Electoral College have now signed a letter requesting more information from intelligence officials on the relationship between President-elect Donald Trump and Russia.

Ten democratic electors signed the open letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Monday, and 44 have now added their signatures, bringing the total to 54.

They are joined by one Republican: Christopher Suprun from Texas, who has pledged not to vote for Mr Trump.

The CIA concluded that Russia conducted hacks against the Democratic National Committee and other associated officials in order to help Mr Trump win the election.

President Barack Obama had earlier called for a "full review" of intelligence on Russia's involvement in the hacks.

In an open letter to Mr Clapper, the electors called for the release of information "to investigate, discuss, and deliberate with our colleagues about whom to vote for in the electoral college".

"The electors require to know from the intelligence community whether there are ongoing investigations into ties between Donald Trump, his campaign or associates, and Russian government interference in the election, the scope of those investigations, how far those investigations may have reached, and who was involved in those investigations," they wrote.

"We further require a briefing on all investigative findings, as these matters directly impact the core factors in our deliberations of whether Mr Trump is fit to serve as President of the United States."

The electors also said they found Mr Trump's transition team's dismissal of the CIA's findings concerning.

"These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction," his transition team said in a statement.

“The election ended a long time ago in one of the biggest electoral college victories in history. It’s now time to move on and ‘Make America Great Again’.”

The electors point out that during the election, Mr Trump called on the Russian government to release tens of thousands of private emails from Hillary Clinton.

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” he said at a press conference in Florida. “They probably have them. I’d like to have them released.”