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Clinton camp calls on Trump to explain hacks

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An aide to Hillary Clinton aide says Donald Trump's campaign needs to explain its "possible ties to foreign espionage."

 

Spokesman Glen Caplin says it's "clear" that the hacking of top Clinton adviser John Podesta's email "is the work of the Russian government." Caplin attributes that to the FBI, though the bureau has not said so publicly. Russia's ambassador to the United States has denied that his country is interfering in the American presidential election.

 

Caplin also says it's "disturbing" that longtime Trump associate Roger Stone has confirmed he had communications with Wikileaks, the organization that released Podesta's emails. Stone told the AP that he has had "back-channel communications" with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

 

Stone separately told the AP that it was "categorically false" that he had advance warning about Podesta's hacked emails, as the Clinton adviser has suggested.

 

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