Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager said Russian hackers stole tens of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee as a means of helping Donald Trump in the election.
Robby Mook, during an interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” told host George Stephanopoulos that although Russians had claimed responsibility for hacking the party’s internal servers and stealing the information, their motive may not have been just to help their state leaders.
“It’s troubling that some experts are now telling us that this was done by the Russians for the purpose of helping Donald Trump,” Mook said without naming his sources. The Clinton aide claimed the Republican nominee has become “pro-Russian” since last week, indicating he may be on board with the Russians who oversaw the hack.
“I think that what’s troubling is how he praised Vladimir Putin,” Mook said about Trump’s remarks during his convention speech Thursday night. “It’s troubling how last week he said NATO should not protect Eastern Europe allies.”
Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and Donald Trump jr. vigorously denied any kind of collusion between Trump Sr. and the Russian president.
Mook said the DNC is responsible for getting to the bottom of the facts and then taking appropriate action, but he did not offer details on consequences he would like to see for individuals, including party Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mook declined to say whether anyone should be fired because of the email flap.
“I’m going to leave that to the DNC because I don’t have all the facts,” Mook responded.
