A "news" story recently appeared on this mysterious site, USA News Today, claiming that Wikileaks was about to release an email that showed Clinton paid off Republicans last July to "push the Clinton agenda":
New information from Wikileaks is about to shake up the political world. Those in question are “Republicans in name only” or “RINOs.” An email from John Podesta to Huma Abedin that was released as document number 1078645 is about to turn the speculation that certain prominent Republicans who opposed Donald Trump into the truth that they were, in fact, not just disloyal to Trump and the party but were on Hillary Clinton’s payroll.
The email, sent in July of this year, describes how funds were being diverted from Clinton’s campaign to the Super PACS of Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and John Kasich.
Strangely, there was no direct link to the Wikileaks Podesta email in question. There is also no information on this supposed news site about who its writers and editors are. When I searched Wikileaks for email 1078645, no such email ID was found.
The "news" story quoted the email directly:
“JB, CF, and JK PACS will be noticeably silent for the rest of the campaign. Each will receive a significant allowance from advertising budget. HRC is in the loop and has talked to all three personally. Eyes only.”
Yet key word searches pulled from this alleged direct quote also turned up no matches in Wikileaks.
BEWARE. This looks like an attempt to smear both Republicans and Wikileaks. Watch out for USA News Today. Always vet sources.
Perhaps those with more technical acumen than me can see who this site is registered to? This may be part of the same elaborate disinformation campaign that dreamed up the "Russians hacked the election" narrative and is warning Russians can plant CP on computers.
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ArchCovenant ago
I seen the email in question I believe the story to be true.
Vindicator ago
Link to the email, please. It doesn't exist.