Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows
Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows
The email came two days after Trump joked about asking Russia to find Hillary Clintons emails.
BETSY WOODRUFF
03.21.18 5:08 AM ET
Cambridge Analytica hoped to capitalize on Russian hacking of Hillary Clinton and her ally, an email written by one of its employees indicates.
Emily Cornell, the employee, sent the email on July 29, 2016. It went out to people working with Make America Number One, the pro-Trump super PAC funded by Republican super-donors Robert and Rebekah Mercer.
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On July 22, seven days before Cornells email, WikiLeaks had published almost 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee. The hackwhich included emails showing some DNC officials pushing for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the primarythrew the Democratic Party into turmoil. Then-DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned from her post because of the hack. On July 27, then-candidate Trump said in a press conference that he hoped Kremlin-backed individuals would find emails Clinton deleted as secretary of State.
Russia, if youre listening, I hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, he said.
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