Anyone who has seen the documentary Weiner may not have been entirely surprised that it was former congressman Anthony Weiner who threw a late spanner in the works of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Weiner’s laptop is now reportedly under scrutiny by the FBI lest it contain emails pertinent to Clinton’s private server. An avalanche of tens of thousands of other messages, hacked from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s gmail account and released by WikiLeaks in regular bursts over the past month, has provided an unprecedented window on the inner workings of a presidential run. The Clinton campaign has blamed the Russian government for breaking into Podesta’s account and passing on the material to WikiLeaks in an attempt to help Donald Trump win next week’s election. They wanted to get away with it.”Both Tanden and Podesta are unswervingly loyal to Clinton, but could be described as critical friends.

Source: The Guardian November 06, 2016 11:26 UTC