Newly Published WikiLeaks Emails Show Clinton Campaign Communicated With State Department (go.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News: A State Department official appeared to coordinate with Hillary Clinton's nascent presidential campaign hours before the former secretary of state's exclusive use of private emails was first detailed in a news account last year, newly released hacked emails show. Emails from the files of Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta show that the department official provided Clinton aides with the agency's official response to a New York Times reporter in advance of the newspaper's March 2015 report that Clinton had used a private email account to conduct all of her work-related business as secretary. The stolen emails were released Wednesday by WikiLeaks, part of a massive trove of emails released by the document-leaking group on a daily basis since last month. WikiLeaks has indicated it intends to leak emails stolen from Podesta's account every day through the election. In a March 1, 2015 email, State Department press aide Lauren Hickey told Clinton's spokesman Nick Merrill and two other advisers that then-State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki had "just cleared" a reply to the Times. Hickey provided the agency's response to the Clinton aides and also appeared to agree to a change requested by the campaign, saying: "Yes on your point re records -- done below." It is not clear what specific change was requested and made. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that the department would not comment on alleged leaked documents. But he said the department's effort to "provide accurate information to the media" about Clinton's tenure at the agency has "at times required communicating with her representatives to ensure accuracy."

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Re:No Shit

[Xyrus]

We didn't need another leak to let us know how corrupt the Clintons are.

O RLY?

Where's the conviction? Where's the list of fines and jail time? Hmm?

Oh right right. We're talking about conspiracies which have nothing to do with facts. The whole system is rigged because...well the orange Biff Tannen impersonator says so. Meanwhile, the transgressions made by Trump are well documented by the numerous court cases that have been and continue to be brought against him, including discrimination, bankruptcies, sexual assaults, child rape (from his time being pedo pals with Epstein), and of course the lovely SCAM U...err...I Mean Trump U fraud case scheduled for later this month.

Did you happen to read what his lawyers are asking for in the fraud case?

Wikileaks is just a political tool for Russia now. Otherwise there'd be a veritable cornucopia of the shit pouring forth about Trump, more than all the shit that's already out there. At the very least, we'd be seeing his tax returns. But Putin "likes" Trump, since it has been buying off/sneaking in there operatives into his camp since the beginning.

Oh, but we'll have to wait until AFTER the election for that story to break since the FBI wouldn't want to taint the election. It's a good cover story...except for the most recent bullshit.

But two can play at your conspiracy game. You see, Trump was never going to president. Ever. He's a figure head; a demagogue to appeal to the frothing masses. He was a tool to win the presidency, but that's all he is.

The real scoop is the republicans already have enough evidence squirreled away to impeach, convict, and imprison Trump many times over. That tape? A plant by republicans. Just enough to build up some plausible back story. Those sexual assault allegations? Again, republicans just setting the stage. They're banking on making the democrats seem so corrupt (through their collusion with the Russians/Wikileans/FBI) and the population so full of populist rage that crazy orange man Trump would still get elected even if he shot a baby seal in the face and kicked puppies off the stage.

Then after the win, they'd drop the proverbial 50 ton anvil on Trump's bad comb-over. Suddenly, a huge trove of new evidence would be released to the public detailing all the crimes, tax evasions, assaults, etc. he's committed (probably through wikileaks so they can regain some shred of their "unbiased" rep). The Trump U fraud will seem like a mere parking ticket. He'd get locked up so fast he'd never have a chance to leave a small orange hand print on the bible come January. Why? Because the republicans really want Pence in office. Why do you think they conspired so fast to cut Christie out of the picture? "Uh we're having...erm...engine problems Mr. Trump. You're going to have stay the night here and uh...oh look, here's Mike Pence!"

But you say, "Why would the Russians want Pence if Trump was supposed to be their puppet?". Well, you're right. Putin would bend Trump over like a prison bitch and make him squeal like a pig. But Trump has alienated too many people. He appealed on the stage of TV, but now someone needs to be able to appeal to the halls of Congress. Trump can't do that, but Pence can.

"But Pence wouldn't kowtow to Putin!" He's not supposed to, and Putin doesn't want that anyway. What he does want is a little quid pro quo. A new cold war that will spur Russia economy and make Putin and pals stupidly rich. A new cold war to increase defense spending here and make Pence and friends rich. An under-the-table agreement to go on stage and act the parts while secretly milking the new "fear" for every penny it's worth. ISIS? Old news. Already losing it's punch, and people are becoming numb to it. But make Russia the big bad bear again? That's serious '80's level apple pie money right there.

"It's all bullshit!" Really? Then what is the real reason the FBI stalled the Russian connection investigation? CONSPIRACY!!!!!