Pete Buttigieg Takes Sanders to Task Over Russia Story

Pete Buttigieg is trying to fundraise off the recent revelation Russia might be trying to help the campaign of his rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

News broke Friday that intelligence officials briefed Sanders a month ago about the apparent Russian meddling effort. Sanders called on the Russians to stop, but also used the occasion to take a shot at The Washington Post, which first to report it. He suggested the story could have been timed to hurt him in the Nevada caucuses Saturday.

Buttigieg's campaign said in a fundraising email Saturday that Sanders' response was "deeply troubling" but also "telling of the kind of politics we're in for in Bernie’s vision of the future."

The email went on to suggest Sanders would foment what it called "more conspiracy theories, more attacks undermining the free press when they write something you don't like, more attacks on anyone who doesn't agree with you 100% of the time."