The effort began this week with a letter to state party chairs across the country broadly laying out the issue with an ultimate goal of establishing what amounts to a non-aggression pact, according to state party operatives in four states who have received or have direct knowledge of the letter.... All of the Democratic presidential hopefuls pledged not to use hacked materials in response to general questions from reporters. For instance, if media outlets are widely reporting on a trove of hacked material, it might obviously be difficult for campaigns not to say anything at all about it. And his campaign is now refusing to pledge not to use hacked materials. But an organized party consensus effort to beat back the scourge of disinformation in the coming primaries now appears to be at least a possibility.

Source: Washington Post February 26, 2019 20:49 UTC