Clinton campaign manager: Russians leaked Democrats’ emails to help Donald Trump

And it’s troubling that some experts are now telling us that this was done by – by the Russians for the objective of helping Donald Trump.

Mook believes that Trump’s position on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation – that it wasn’t a given that he’d assist allies – would help Russia’s stance in Eastern Europe.

“This isn’t my assertion”, replied Mook. “So I think when you put it all together, it’s a disturbing picture”, he said. “I think we also need to be concerned that we also saw last week at the Republican convention that Trump and his allies made changes to the Republican platform to make it more pro-Russian”. “You’re basically suggesting that Russians hacked into the DNC and now are releasing these files through WikiLeaks to help elect Donald Trump”. “I think we need a new chair who is going to lead us in a very different direction”.

It’s a charge some cyber security experts in the United States and overseas agree with.

Mook repeated the claims on ABC’s This Week program.

Asked whether he was disappointed in Clinton’s choice of a more moderate running mate, he remained onside: “Compared to Donald Trump… on his worst, worst, worst day, Tim Kaine is 100 times better than Donald Trump will ever be”.

Beyond Mook, DNC and Clinton campaign officials have not responded to requests for comment Friday as reporters and unnerved campaign staff tried to assess the damage caused by the release, which comes just as the party holds a nominating convention in Philadelphia created to project unity after a bitter primary season. I mean they’ll say anything to be able to win this.

“These lies and the perpetuating of nonsense to try to gain some political capital is outrageous and he should be ashamed of himself”, Trump Jr. said.

“Those emails have proven the system has been rigged against them from the start”, Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort said Sunday on Fox News, referring to Sanders supporters.

Manafort has spent much of his recent career working for pro-Russian forces in Ukraine, and doing complex deals for an oligarch with close ties to President Vladimir Putin.