Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager declined Monday to comment on recent reports alleging the Democratic nominee once suggested sending a drone strike after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
“I’m reticent to comment on anything that the WikiLeaks people have said. They’ve made a lot of accusations in the past,” Robby Mook said Monday in an interview with FOX 5 DC’s Ronica Cleary.
WikiLeaks tweeted a screen grab Sunday evening from a report alleging that Clinton once asked during a State Department briefing, “Can’t we just drone this guy?”
She supposedly asked this when she served as secretary of state.
Hillary Clinton on Assange “Can’t we just drone this guy” — report https://t.co/S7tPrl2QCZ pic.twitter.com/qy2EQBa48y
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 3, 2016
On Monday, Mook suggested that the report and the Trump campaign’s efforts to draw attention to the WikiLeaks tweet were part of a greater effort to distract from his own terrible week in campaigning.
“You know, Donald Trump and his allies are trying to do everything they can to change the debate here right now. Donald Trump failed at the debate, he became completely unwound, was tweeting at 3 a.m., making wild accusations of his own against the former Miss Universe and against Hillary Clinton,” Mook said.
“They got to find some way to change this up, and they’re trying to do that by doubling down on conspiracy theories,” he added. “Again, that’s their choice to make. We’re going to keep talking about what Hillary Clinton’s going to do to make a real difference in people’s lives.”
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This article has been updated.
