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| Trump accuses DNC of 'hacking' its own oppo research on him |
| 2016-06-16 |
| [POLITICO] Donald Trump has his own theory on how a trove of Democratic National Committee opposition research on him appeared to make its way to the public -- the DNC itself leaked it. The file, which the Washington Post reported was stolen by Russian government hackers, was published Wednesday afternoon by The Smoking Gun and Gawker, which said it received the document from an anonymous source who identified himself only as "Guccifer 2.0." But Trump saw the release differently, accusing the DNC of releasing the research as a diversionary tactic. "We believe it was the DNC that did the ’hacking’ as a way to distract from the many issues facing their deeply flawed candidate and failed party leader," Trump said in a statement released Wednesday. "Too bad the DNC doesn’t hack Crooked Hillary’s, 33,000 missing emails." The comprehensive, 211-page document lays out multiple lines of attack against the billionaire, attacking him as "loyal only to himself" and as a man with "no core." It lists, with thorough sourcing, Trump’s various positional shifts on key issues and checkered personal history, including accusations of infidelity and allegations of rape against him by his wife, Ivana Trump. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 In fact a really clever politician would have hacked HIllary's opposition research and then released it themselves (after vetting out the worst if necessary) during a busy news week. I don't think Trump did this mind you, but I wouldn't put it beyond Putin. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-06-16 14:54 |
| #2 They would not have released the info when it couldn't get maximum airplay. If they had released it during a slow news week I would have been inclined to agree with Mr Trump on this. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-06-16 14:42 |
| #1 Anything's possible in this election. It will get weirder and weirder in the run up to the election. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-06-16 08:13 |