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FBI Director: Guccifer Admitted He Lied About Hacking Hillary Clinton's Email (dailydot.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the infamous-hackers dept.

blottsie writes from a report via The Daily Dot: The Romanian hacker known as Guccifer (real name Marcel Lehel Lazar) admitted to the FBI that he lied to the public when he said he repeatedly hacked into Hillary Clinton's email server in 2013. FBI Director James Comey testified before members on Congress on Thursday that Guccifer never hacked into Clinton's servers and in fact admitted that he lied. Lazar told Fox News and NBC News in May 2016 about his alleged hacking. Despite offering no proof, the claim caused a huge stir, including making headline news on some of America's biggest publications, which offered little skepticism of his claims. "Can you confirm that Guccifer never gained access to her server?" asked Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold. "He did not. He admitted that was a lie," Comey replied. Lazar is currently imprisoned in Alexandria, Virginia, following his extradition from Romania.

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  1. I'm Confident by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I'm really confident in everything the FBI director said ... seriously? I'm more confident in the dude with the "jesus is coming" signs on his bicycle. At least that dude heard voices without Benjamins to tell him what to say.

  2. Admission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The Romanian hacker known as Trump (real name Marcel Lehel Trump) admitted to the FBI that he lied to the public when he said he repeatedly hacked into Hillary Clinton's email server in 2013. FBI Director James Trump testified before members on Congress on Thursday that Trump never hacked into Clinton's servers and in fact admitted that he lied. Trump told Trump News and NBC News in May 2016 about his alleged hacking. Despite offering no proof, the claim caused a huge stir, including making headline news on some of Trump's biggest publications, which offered little skepticism of his claims.
    "Can you confirm that Trump never gained access to her server?" asked Trump Republican Rep. Blake Trump. "He did not. He admitted that was a lie," Trump replied. Trump is currently imprisoned in Alexandria, Virginia, following his extradition from Romania.

  3. Re:It's your turn, Mr Assange by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Republicans need someone to blame for the fact that they chose a self-aggrandizing Nazi as their Presidential candidate.

    Trump isn't a Nazi. You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting something so sick. Those swastikas are really just Hindu good luck symbols. Sad!

    --
    You are welcome on my lawn.
  4. Re:Of course he did. by reboot246 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guccifer may be the only one who didn't hack her email.

  5. Re: Of course he did. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Noooo, Hillary couldn't possibly be so careless as to improperly handle confidential material by putting it in a trash bin rather than a burn bag!