The 2016 hacking of the Democratic Party's email system – and subsequent leaking of its messages – was personally ordered by Vladimir Putin and aided by Julian Assange, according to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
A volume [PDF] added today by the panel to its report on Russia's efforts to meddle in that year's White House race pretty much accuses the Assange-run WikiLeaks of helping Moscow in its dirty work – by obtaining the internal memos from Russian hackers and spreading them online to derail Hillary Clinton's campaign and help nudge Donald Trump to victory.
And we're told Trump's team tried to collaborate with WikiLeaks to time announcements with upcoming leaks, and encouraged the online dumping of the emails.
"WikiLeaks actively sought, and played, a key role i ..
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