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Donald J. Trump is suddenly embracing an unlikely ally: The document-spilling group WikiLeaks,
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia insisted on Wednesday that his nation was being falsely accused.
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Clinton, the Republican candidate said: “Maybe there is no hacking. But they always blame Russia,” he said, as part of an effort to “tarnish me.”
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Based on a few emails plucked from the account, Mr. Trump and his team have accused Clinton aides of improperly receiving inside information from the Obama administration
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the campaign received an update from the Department of Justice about the timing of the release of Mrs. Clinton’s State Department emails
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Republican allies say he has come to believe that WikiLeaks could yield a critical mass of negative and destructive information — if not a smoking gun — that drives up Mrs. Clinton’s already high unfavorable ratings with voters and perhaps even derails her candidacy.
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emails began to appear on Friday afternoon, just hours after the director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement attributing previous hacks to the Russian government
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there was “the possibility that Trump’s allies had advance knowledge of the release of these illegally obtained emails.”
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Republicans have previously condemned WikiLeaks and similarly blasted the leaks by Edward J. Snowden, a National Security Agency contractor, and said they were evidence of carelessness by the Obama administration
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“I thought what Snowden did was disgraceful, treasonous. But the reality is the information is out there, and if Hillary doesn’t deny it then to me it certainly has to be used.”
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Democrats showed no compunction about using unauthorized material when it came to Mr. Trump’s 1995 tax returns, or a leaked NBC audio recording of Mr. Trump boasting about groping
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information that WikiLeaks and other outlets had made public from hacking collectives is “relevant.”
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“But for this information, a number of revelations would remain secret — how Hillary Clinton really feels, how paranoid she really was about an Elizabeth Warren challenge, her ability to articulate a message that’s cohesive and credible,”
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WikiLeaks email will do little to help Mr. Trump attract more undecided voters, especially women, or reassure wavering Trump supporters.
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“They ought to spend less time figuring out how to reinforce those people and more time trying to add to his vote column.”
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He said the emails “make more clear than ever, just how much is at stake in November and how unattractive and dishonest our country has become.”
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“reaffirmed” comments that he has made as a candidate about the two-faced nature of politicians and alleged malfeasance in government.
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“It’s really backing up what the people have been feeling all of this time about the corruption of government, embedded, just the trickle-down corruption.”
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But 55 to 60 percent of the country is open to a Clinton presidency and wants to see the next president get to work with Congress to help the country.”