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GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn
Wall Street Journal ^ | June 29, 2017 | Shane Harris

Posted on 06/30/2017 2:54:19 PM PDT by Jess Kitting

Peter W. Smith portrayed the former general as an ally in an effort, independent of the Trump campaign, to find personal emails deleted by Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON—Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believed were stolen from Hillary Clinton’s private server, likely by Russian hackers.

In conversations with members of his circle and with others he tried to recruit to help him, the GOP operative, Peter W. Smith, implied he was working with retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; flynn; hillaryclinton; nongovserver; petersmith; peterwsmith; russia; russianhackers

1 posted on 06/30/2017 2:54:19 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: Jess Kitting

I think this is cool. Someone has them.


2 posted on 06/30/2017 2:58:35 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron

How would getting Hillary’s deleted emails constitute “interference with the election”? And what would be illegal about it?


3 posted on 06/30/2017 3:04:59 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Jess Kitting

Also at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3565301/posts


4 posted on 06/30/2017 3:05:04 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: colorado tanker

And, if “he” was the one making a claim about connections to Flynn, so what? Does that he was actually in any way connected to Flynn?


5 posted on 06/30/2017 3:11:39 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Jess Kitting
Of course, Peter Smith isn't alive to verify this story, so #fakenews.
6 posted on 06/30/2017 3:14:20 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (It is time to make America an uncomfortable place for Marxist usurpers.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

No, that makes him a name dropper. Lot’s of people play that game.


7 posted on 06/30/2017 3:18:55 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Jess Kitting

Hey I thought this story was first reported by another news outlet. Is the wsj part of the fake news consortium?


8 posted on 06/30/2017 5:17:49 PM PDT by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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