WASHINGTON — A political consultant and former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump says he communicated last year with an individual involved in hacking Democratic National Committee emails. Last summer, emails stolen from Democrats were posted by an online persona known as Guccifer 2.0. Emails stolen from the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign were later released by the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks. Trump has denied knowing that any staff had communicated with Russia during the campaign. In an email Thursday to The Washington Times, Stone denied having any contacts with the Russian state, Russian intelligence officials or “anyone fronting for them or acting as intermediaries for them.”

Source: National Post March 11, 2017 18:22 UTC