Donald Trump is brushing off claims that Russia is trying to help his campaign by leaking thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee.
Trump said in a Tweet Monday that reports of Russia releasing the emails because Russian President Vladimir Putin likes him is “the new joke in town.”
The Republican presidential nominee was reacting a day after Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager accused “Russian state actors” of breaking into the DNC’s emails to boost Trump. Robby Mook told CNN that it’s no coincidence the emails are coming out on the eve of the party’s nominating convention in Philadelphia. Some Republicans opposed to Trump have sought to cast him as pro-Putin.
Wikileaks has posted emails that suggested the DNC was favoring Clinton during the primary season. The disclosures forced the resignation of DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
In another Tweet, Trump says “bad judgment was on display” by DNC officials who criticized Clinton’s primary rival Bernie Sanders.
(AP)
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What’s wrong with helpingout one side is that what you did with Clinton oh I forgot it’s only OK when it helps you
If Russia was behind the hacking they must have been doing it to help one of their own communist sympathizers……Bernie Sanders.
Hey drugcommish; Newsflash: Russia ditched communism about 25 years ago!