Podesta: ‘Reasonable Belief’ WikiLeaks Tipped Off Trump Campaign
Podesta: ‘Reasonable Belief’ WikiLeaks Tipped Off Trump Campaign
by Margaret Talev at Bloomberg News
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-12/podesta-reasonable-belief-wikileaks-tipped-off-trump-campaign
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Instead, he cited confirmation last week by U.S. intelligence officials that Guccifer 2.0 is an active program of Russian intelligence agencies and that DCLeaks and WikiLeaks coordinated efforts in the release of the hack of Democratic National Committee e-mails. In addition, Podesta said that statements made earlier this year by Trump surrogate Roger Stone, in which he suggested Podesta could be next, also suggested a connection.
“I think there is definitely circumstantial evidence that Mr. Stone must have been witting about what was to come,” Podesta said. “It’s a reasonable assumption or at least a reasonable conclusion that Mr. Stone had advance warning” and that, through him, Trump was warned “about what Assange was going to do,” Podesta said.
Stone said in an e-mail Tuesday that Podesta’s assertion was “categorically false” and “without foundation,” according to the Associated Press.
The FBI told Podesta on Sunday that it is investigating a hack of his Gmail account in connection with the broader hacking probe.
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