Clinton’s campaign chief blames Donald Trump, WikiLeaks and Moscow
John Podesta has questioned the timing of leaks from his e-mail account — which contain no major damaging revelations, but expose the campaign’s inner workings
White Plains — The head of Hillary Clinton’s campaign team John Podesta slammed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday for helping Republican rival Donald Trump in the bitter White House race, while accusing Moscow of being behind the hack.The anti-secrecy website has published thousands of emails from John Podesta’s personal Gmail account since Friday, allegedly obtained by Russian hackers. While there have been no major damaging revelations, the massive leak does lift the veil on Team Clinton’s inner workings.Podesta described the timing of the leak — released late Friday — as a "curious coincidence", coming shortly after The Washington Post published a shock video of Donald Trump making lewd boasts about groping women in 2005.The veteran political aide, who served in the Obama and Bill Clinton administrations, suggested that the release "was their countermove to try to take the public’s attention off the despicable things that Donald Trump said on that video". "Whether that ...
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