Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chairman John Podesta still harbors strong emotions about Roger Stone, the Republican dirty-trickster he believes played a role in releasing his hacked personal emails to try and gain an edge in the final month of the 2016 presidential contest. “I think Roger Stone&
PHOTO: Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman, John Podesta, arrive in the Capitol to meet with Senate Democrats, July 14, 2016. “This occurred without the direct knowledge of the campaign but through our campaign counsel,” Podesta said. “Mr. Steele was a professional, someone that the F.B.I. in other cases relied on. He had come out of British intelligence and was viewed as having good contacts.
Podesta said that the effort to dig into the Republican nominee’s Russia ties was informed by Trump’s own conduct, including his refusal to release copies of his tax returns and the “opaque nature of his business empire.” Podesta said he believes the Russian meddling was coaxed on by Trump’s close allies, including Stone. Podesta said he remains convinced that Stone knew in advance about the hack of his personal email account – an allegation that Stone has forcefully denied.
“Obviously, [then-CIA Director] John Brennan, [former Director of National Intelligence] Jim Clapper, [and former FBI Director] Jim Comey knew more than they were saying,” he said. “This is a grudge I bear.”
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