Hacked: Dem operative who started Trump rally violence ‘close’ with Clinton campaign manager

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Emails made public Sunday by WikiLeaks suggest Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager had a “close” relationship with Bob Creamer, the Democratic operative who recently resigned in the wake of footage that suggested he had accepted money from the Democratic National Committee in exchange for inciting violence at Donald Trump’s rallies.

In a Dec. 2015 email to Neera Tanden, co-chair of Clinton’s transition team, a progressive activist named Michael Lux encouraged Tanden to consider involving Creamer further in the campaign’s efforts to court Bernie Sanders’ supporters.

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