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On July 25, first day of the DNC convention, 3 days after the Wikileaks reveal, Dem campaign manager Robby Mook went on CNN and claimed that Russians were behind the hacking of DNC emails. He said that "experts are telling us" that Russians did it, then referred to "experts" again and again during the interview. Jake Tapper, as if he were Mook's defense attorney, asked him good questions, even asked for evidence, but then accepted whatever answer Mook gave, in as long an uninterrupted time that it took Mook to answer, with never a challenge to its veracity. Tapper certainly did not challenge Mook to name any of these so-called experts. IMHO they could have been members of Hillary's campaign who dreamed up the claim.

Following this CNN interview, the idea that the Russians hacked the DNC emails was no longer touted by the MSM as an unsourced claim but as a fact according to reporting on CNN. I remember this being the reference that was made to look like there was proof. Before rewatching this interview today, I did not remember that Mook used the term "experts" over and over. It is very likely that later references to this interview referred to the "experts" on CNN. There were, of course NO named experts making the claims but truth in reporting has little to do with the MSM.

The below is a recent description by CNN of the interview. Now even CNN puts quotes around “experts.” Perhaps using quotes is another way to say fake. I don’t recall any MSM talking like it was an unfounded accusation before the election.

State of the Union

Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that ‘experts’ have said Russians coordinated the hack and release of DNC emails to help the Donald Trump campaign.

Source: CNN