Clinton camp tries to tie Trump to WikiLeaks through Roger Stone

Published October 13, 2016 2:56am ET



Hillary Clinton’s campaign pounced Wednesday evening after a noted Donald Trump surrogate revealed he’s in regular contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

“It is disturbing that Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump confidante, has confirmed the fact that has ‘back-channel communications’ with WikiLeaks, an organization that is working with the Russian government to affect the American presidential election,” Hillary For America senior national spokesman Glen Caplin said in a statement provided to the Washington Examiner.

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