WikiLeaks posted almost 1,200 more emails Tuesday that it said were hacked from the personal account of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, including one showing a Clinton ally seeking to enlist supporters to squelch dissent from a leading liberal group.
In a 2014 email, longtime Clinton aide Philippe Reines is seen reacting to a news report that MoveOn was preparing to spend $1 million to draft Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts into the presidential race.
“Making noise is one thing,” Reines wrote to John Podesta, who’s now chairman of Clinton’s campaign, according to the WikiLeaks release. “Spending seven figures is another. She voted for the war, you punished her already, get over it. I don’t know who funds them, but don’t we have Hollywood friends with ties to MoveOn who can tell them to cool it?”
Reines also sent the email to Jake Sullivan, who’s now a top policy adviser to the campaign, and Robby Mook, who’s now the campaign manager, according to WikiLeaks.
Russia Blamed
The Clinton campaign has blamed the leaks of Democratic groups’ documents on Russia -- as have U.S. intelligence agencies -- and has refused to confirm the authenticity of the emails. Podesta seemed to suggest last week that the communications may have been altered.
“It should concern every American that Russia is willing to engage in such hostile acts in order to help Donald Trump become President of the United States,” the Clinton campaign said in a statement in response to a release of documents on Monday.
The campaign and Reines, who advises Clinton but isn’t formally working on her White House bid, didn’t immediately respond to calls and emails seeking comment Tuesday. MoveOn had no comment.
Warren would eventually rebuff efforts to get her into the race, but she let the primary battle between Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders play out before getting behind Clinton.
‘Spoiled Brat’
Tuesday’s was the third batch of purported Podesta emails released by WikiLeaks. The second release, on Monday, showed an aide to former President Bill Clinton disparaging Chelsea Clinton as “a spoiled brat kid” over disputes at the family’s foundation. It also depicted internal debate over how to handle a Warren’s proposal, popular among liberals,to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era law barring commercial banks from underwriting corporate securities.
The drip-drip of purported emails comes as Clinton has begun to establish a larger polling lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, who is facing the fallout from the release of a 2005 tape in which he bragged about groping women. Trump and his allies have pounced the content of the messages posted by WikiLeaks to paint Clinton as a typical untrustworthy politician.
The Trump video, which also emerged Friday, has prompted a number of prominent Republicans to distance themselves from Trump as the rift in the party deepens, including House Speaker Paul Ryan.
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