Cybersecurity
Podesta: ‘Reasonable Belief’ WikiLeaks Tipped Off Trump Campaign
“I think there is definitely circumstantial evidence that Mr. Stone must have been witting about what was to come,” Clinton’s campaign chairman said.
John Podesta, campaign chairman for Hillary Clinton, speaks during a Bloomberg Politics breakfast on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016.
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman said there is a “reasonable belief” that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange passed information to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in connection with Russian-directed e-mail hacking of Democrats in an attempt to influence the U.S. presidential election.
John Podesta, speaking with reporters on Hillary Clinton’s campaign plane on Tuesday night, did not offer any details from federal investigators regarding the possible coordination between Trump, Assange, and the Russians.
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Podesta: ‘Reasonable Belief’ WikiLeaks Tipped Off Trump Campaign