.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump says he’ll reject foreign campaign dirt (but there’s a catch).
In recent weeks, Democratic leaders and officials have made clear that they will not use materials hacked or stolen by foreign entities in the 2020 elections. The goal, of course, is to discourage the kind of intelligence operations Russia launched against the United States in 2016.
So far, so good. The Republican said he’s prepared to forswear campaign dirt stolen by foreign entities for the simple reason that Trump believes – or at least says he believes – that he can win in 2020 without the assistance of his benefactors abroad. In fact, the president’s posture was tough to defend. When he said he “never” used information stolen from a foreign adversary, for example, it was a rather transparent lie: candidate Trump enthusiastically embraced WikiLeaks and the information it disseminated after Russian operatives stole Democratic materials. Indeed, in the month leading up to Election Day 2016, Trump cited WikiLeaks 141 times.
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