Wikileaks hits DNC ahead of convention, competes with Kaine VP nomination
(Worthy News) – The release of more than 20,000 pages of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee competed on Saturday with the big reveal of Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as the running mate of presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
On Friday, Wikileaks dropped a bombshell cache of DNC emails. Several weeks ago, Russian hackers were reported to have breached the DNC’s servers, but on Saturday Wikileaks refused to disclose where it had obtained the trove of data.
Among other things, the documents purport to show the party apparatus favoring Clinton’s campaign over the insurgency of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. On a number of occasions, high level DNC officials liaised with counterparts on Clinton’s team to discuss ways to push back against stories that painted the Clinton campaign in a negative light. [ Read More: Source ]