Marco Rubio Warns GOP On WikiLeaks: 'Tomorrow, It Could Be Us'
8 years, 5 months ago

Marco Rubio Warns GOP On WikiLeaks: 'Tomorrow, It Could Be Us'

NPR  

Marco Rubio Warns GOP On WikiLeaks: 'Tomorrow, It Could Be Us' Enlarge this image toggle caption John Raoux/AP John Raoux/AP Live by the leak, and you may die by the leak. That's the message Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is sending to his fellow Republicans, as he swears off using campaign material that originates with WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks has published a cache of emails stolen from the personal Gmail account of Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta. After Bloomberg reported on an exchange among campaign staffers discussing Clinton's reliance on a private email server while she was secretary of state, Trump took to Twitter: The Clinton campaign has refused to confirm the authenticity of the emails published by WikiLeaks.

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Deleted tweets show top State Department official spread false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality, called him ‘low IQ’
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Deleted tweets show top State Department official spread false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality, called him ‘low IQ’

CNN  

CNN — A top acting State Department official deleted at least half a dozen tweets that ridiculed his now boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, including ones calling him “low IQ” and repeating a false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality. In response to a series of questions from CNN, Beattie responded, “Secretary Rubio is 100 percent America First and it’s a …

Republican Marco Rubio shrugs off Trump’s Mar-a-Lago scandal as ‘a storage argument’
2 years, 6 months ago

Republican Marco Rubio shrugs off Trump’s Mar-a-Lago scandal as ‘a storage argument’

Raw Story  

During an interview with a local news outlet on Sunday, Republican Senator Marco Rubio downplayed the federal investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. It’s the PR behind all this.” Documents at Trump's Florida home were "likely concealed" to obstruct an FBI probe into his potential mishandling of classified materials, the Justice Department said in a court filing …

Trump says he won’t use info stolen by adversaries in 2020
5 years, 10 months ago

Trump says he won’t use info stolen by adversaries in 2020

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pledged Monday not to use information stolen by foreign adversaries in his 2020 reelection campaign, even as he wrongly insisted he hadn’t used such information to his benefit in 2016. “All I need is the opponents that I’m looking at.” But Trump also insisted erroneously that he “never did use, as you probably know,” such …

Mueller’s Indictment of Roger Stone Is Another Suggestive But Incomplete Tease at a Collusion Case
6 years, 2 months ago

Mueller’s Indictment of Roger Stone Is Another Suggestive But Incomplete Tease at a Collusion Case

Slate  

The central question of Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation is whether the Russian intelligence operation to steal and release Democratic Party emails in 2016 involved coordination with Donald Trump’s campaign and/or promises on the campaign’s behalf to promote Russia-friendly policies. Specifically, the indictment says that a Trump campaign official contacted Stone after WikiLeaks’ July 2016 release of documents stolen from …

Roger Stone reveals he talked to Trump campaign about WikiLeaks in 2016
6 years, 4 months ago

Roger Stone reveals he talked to Trump campaign about WikiLeaks in 2016

CNN  

CNN — Roger Stone was in communication with at least one senior Trump campaign official about upcoming WikiLeaks disclosures during the 2016 presidential race, Stone revealed Thursday. “More importantly my prediction of ‘a load every week going forward’ is based on Assange’s own public announcement hours before-that there would be weekly releases going through and beyond the election and not …

Team Mueller investigating GOP strategist Roger Stone: report
6 years, 5 months ago

Team Mueller investigating GOP strategist Roger Stone: report

Salon  

Eccentric right-wing political strategist Roger Stone is the next target for the team of investigators being led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to a breaking report from CNN. As my colleague Matthew Rozsa wrote previously in May 2018, when it was revealed that Stone sought smear-worthy material about Clinton from Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange: In September 2016, Stone asked …

Washington Post: Special counsel examining Roger Stone’s conflicting accounts of WikiLeaks ties
6 years, 5 months ago

Washington Post: Special counsel examining Roger Stone’s conflicting accounts of WikiLeaks ties

CNN  

Washington CNN — Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, was communicating with WikiLeaks and had advance knowledge of the online group’s plans to release hacked Democratic emails during the 2016 presidential race, The Washington Post reports. According to the Post, prosecutors are closely examining both public and alleged private …

‘I Love WikiLeaks!’: Trump’s Acceptance Of Russian Help Hides In Plain Sight
7 years, 3 months ago

‘I Love WikiLeaks!’: Trump’s Acceptance Of Russian Help Hides In Plain Sight

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― If Donald Trump had trafficked in stolen television sets, he could have gone to jail. Now, with the White House trying to downplay links between the president’s campaign and Russian officials, there still remains the biggest unanswered question about the election: Why did Trump enthusiastically praise WikiLeaks on the stump at a time he had …

Donald Trump is in a 'downward spiral' following Russia leak report, says Republican senator
7 years, 10 months ago

Donald Trump is in a 'downward spiral' following Russia leak report, says Republican senator

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump's administration is in "a downward spiral" after allegedly …

Marco Rubio reveals his presidential campaign staffers were hacked
7 years, 11 months ago

Marco Rubio reveals his presidential campaign staffers were hacked

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senator Marco Rubio just …

U.S. intelligence report doesn’t say whether Russian hacking helped elect Donald Trump
8 years, 2 months ago

U.S. intelligence report doesn’t say whether Russian hacking helped elect Donald Trump

LA Times  

The declassified version of the Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia’s efforts to interfere with the U.S. political process. Although a blockbuster new U.S. intelligence report concludes that Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the presidency, it didn’t weigh in on whether Moscow’s covert cyberhacks and other activities made a difference in Trump’s upset victory over Hillary …

Vice presidential nominee shrugs off threat by WikiLeaks
8 years, 5 months ago

Vice presidential nominee shrugs off threat by WikiLeaks

Associated Press  

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tim Kaine is shrugging off any possibility that he could be embarrassed by the release of hacked emails. WikiLeaks, which has been posting stolen emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta, has twice taunted the Democratic vice presidential candidate that he’s in for a “surprise.” U.S. intelligence officials say the leaked Podesta emails are part of …

Marco Rubio warns against cheering on WikiLeaks revelations: "Tomorrow it could be us"
8 years, 5 months ago

Marco Rubio warns against cheering on WikiLeaks revelations: "Tomorrow it could be us"

Salon  

Marco Rubio doesn’t want Republicans to gloat about the revelations from the WikiLeaks hacks. The Florida senator told ABC News Tuesday that Republicans should avoid capitalizing on the hacked Hillary Clinton emails being released by WikiLeaks, saying, “Tomorrow it could be us.” Although Donald Trump is expected to mention the WikiLeaks emails during tonight’s debate with Clinton, Rubio emphasized that …

Donald Trump is embracing an unlikely ally: WikiLeaks
8 years, 5 months ago

Donald Trump is embracing an unlikely ally: WikiLeaks

Live Mint  

In the final weeks of a dizzying presidential campaign, Donald Trump is suddenly embracing an unlikely ally: The document-spilling group WikiLeaks, which Republicans denounced when it published classified State Department cables and Pentagon secrets about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump, his advisers, and many of his supporters are increasingly seizing on a trove of embarrassing emails from Hillary …

New WikiLeaks emails show more negative remarks against Bernie Sanders from Clinton campaign
8 years, 5 months ago

New WikiLeaks emails show more negative remarks against Bernie Sanders from Clinton campaign

The Independent  

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What's In The Latest WikiLeaks Dump of Clinton Campaign Emails
8 years, 5 months ago

What's In The Latest WikiLeaks Dump of Clinton Campaign Emails

NPR  

What's In The Latest WikiLeaks Dump of Clinton Campaign Emails Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Comic book fans are familiar with the idea of the multiverse: alternate worlds very similar to ours but different enough for plots to come and go without affecting long-term story arcs. Well, on the Earth-3 where Hillary Clinton is …

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