Donald Trump’s lewd secretly recorded video remarks a decade ago, and unsubstantiated sexual allegations against him, received seven times more coverage in the US media than the WikiLeaks dump. Let’s consider what WikiLeaks revealed. First, more confirmation of Hillary Clinton’s lies about her private e-mail server. That her campaign attempted to use a state department connection to offer special favours to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the investigation into her e-mails. Confirmation that President Barack Obama also lied about learning of her server on the news and communicated with her under an alias — the likely reason Clinton is not being prosecuted. Senior reporters approaching the Clinton campaign to approve facts and quotes, surrendering editorial discretion and providing vital presidential debate information. That the senior echelons of her party were working hand-in-hand with her campaign to thwart Bernie Sanders. That in private, Clinton held different views t...
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