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CSPAN Washington Journal October 18, 2016

Revelations. Phone lines this morning, calling in for the line on those who support trump, 202 7488001. If you support Hillary Clinton, 202 7488000 is your number. If you are supporting a second party a thirdparty candidate, 202 7488002. Nd if you are undecided, a very good Tuesday Morning to you. We are talking about the Wikileaks Revelations and we begin with an editorial cartoon in usa today. You can see Hillary Clinton standing under the storm of wikileaks. She is holding an umbrella made of the donald trump access Hollywood Tape. For more on wikileaks we turn to sarah westwood, an executive reporter with the Washington Examiner. You have written 15 to 20 stories about the Wikileaks Revelations since they came out. What r one or two stories or issues that have gained the most traction . I think it isst the transcripts of her paid speeches that shows she expressed support for policies she has since come out and opposed on the campaign trail, the transpacific partnership. She opposed it on the trail and expressed a desire for open trade, open borders, and one big hemispheric market, totally different from the rhetoric on the campaign trail. This is obviously nothing illegal, nothing on the level of the access Hollywood Tape, it speaks to her single biggest weakness as a candidate, edges that voters, even her own supporters sometimes do not trust the sincerity of the position she has taken. Host what has the Clinton Campaign Team Response been to drip, of drip drip, the wikileaks emails coming out, have they address them individually . Not addressedve any issues headon and they have been over overall highlighting the fact that these emails were obtained illegally. We suspect, the administration suspects a russian sponsored actor accessed these emails and this is an act of cyber aggression from russia that potentially escalates tensions. They have been focusing on that aspect. Deniedd not confirmed or the authenticity of the emails. Host what has been the response of the Donald Trump Team . Have they been able to distill the stories into one Campaign Message about wikileaks on the campaign trail . Campaign hasump tried to fit this into their existing narrative of the fact that they think that Hillary Clinton represents the old guard of washington, that she represents the establishment, thethe system is rigged. Acting dnc chair also expressed favoritism toward Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders during the primary. And whichne example by all appearances it looked as if she provided the Clinton Campaign with townhall questions ahead of an event. Things like that have reinforced Donald Trumps argument that the primary system was rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton, implying that potentially the general election could be rigged. Host got to ask you about another story about emails. Your story from the Washington Examiner, fbi confirms executives discussed deals to cover up clinton emails. Guest the fbi released 100 pages of notes and it showed that patrick kennedy, the state Department Undersecretary for management was pressuring the on ao change their mind email that the fbi said was classified. Kennedy knew it would reflect poorly on the state department and clinton if benghazi emails were upgraded to be classified. This was all taking place in spring and early summer of last year when the scandal was just unfolding. Quo toed a quid pro the fbi for removing the classification markings off this email. One fbi agent responded favorably to kennedys overtures and said, now that you are offering some sort of deal the fbi would like to have approval for officials in iraq. Fruition never came to and the agent that responded favorably is no longer with the bureau. Abouts raise questions how the state department approached the handling of Hillary Clintons emails. Host not a wikileaks issue per se but another headache for the Clinton Campaign. Uest absolutely the Clinton Campaign has continuously pointed to the state department handling of the emails as evidence that this was treated with impartiality, as an apolitical entity. Republicans who have said as much are basically just engaging in partisan rhetoric. Now we have evidence that maybe there was something to the argument that potentially there was bias in the way these emails were handled. Host sarah westwood, Investigative Reporter with the Washington Examiner. Thank you so much for the time this morning. Guest thank you for having me. Host asking our viewers this have the revelations impacted your vote . If you are supporting donald trump, the number is 202 7488000. Supporters,ton 202 7488000. A thirdparty candidate, 202 7488001. From waldorf maryland, jody is a Hillary Clinton supporter. Caller i think the emails, there is terrible things she is saying, she is probably being dishonest and she is getting a lot of unfair favoritism but i still have to vote for her. I wanted john kasich because i think it is good for balance, but if they had nominated any sane person other than donald trump i would be voting republican. Since it is am i cannot vote for him. Host that is jody in maryland. An undecided voter in anchorage, alaska. Caller thank you for taking my call. I know these are all important but the information seems trivial with all the other major issues we have. One of them would be, let me trump should be the only one concerned about donalds philandering and womanizing. That is her issue with him and why the public seems to be interested in it is beyond me. She needs to deal with it, that is a private thing. The main issue that i consider that is very important i am sorry to have cut you off is the currency situation with the banking and the offshore money that is being sheltered in the fines that have been paid from those banks in various countries. Where does that money go and why arent we getting an accounting of anything in the administration . We have no real accounting of what the activity there. Off holder optioned bitcoins, he offered validity to het and when he did that opened up an underground currency in the United States. That needs to be remedied. Theconstitution says that dollar and gold and silver are the only thing we are supposed to be using in our economy. Go onto bill who is waiting an in our line for donald Trump Supporters, asking how the wiki leak revelations might affect your vote. Bill from fairfax, virginia. Angry at the tv news reports. I remember back in june when the pulse nightclub was shot up and i was watching cnn, and they have the person on the desk and they had a young man on the scene. The person at the desk was questioning the young man and he happened to say, he was a democrat. And she said, who is a democrat . Mateen, thed, shooter. She said how did you know . Because the fbi got his computer and there are emails from Hillary Clinton. Immediately the station went for a commercial and i wonder if Hillary Clinton was talking to him doing the shooting during the shooting. Host lets talk about the Wikileaks Revelations, what have you seen in the past days and weeks that you think is gaining the most traction . Caller i have seen nothing, and i watch cnn quite often. I have watched other channels and nobody has ever mentioned it. I will tell you one thing, the comment, who made that after they went for a commercial when they came back they did a whole different story. Later on the had somebody at the scene who i had not seen that young man on that show since june. Host we are going to stick to the wikileaks stories that have been coming out, for your opinion on how it might affect your vote. Mark is a Hillary Clinton supporter. Caller good morning. First of all, what really , Julian Assange with a picture of Hillary Clinton and he was saying lets get rid of all. Skank once and for look at this picture. Julian assange, and accused and probably guilty rapist who will not go on trial with sweden because he is afraid of getting extradited to the u. S. , come on. The man is guilty of rape and we are letting this person through his organization wikileaks, determine who our president is . I am just talking about the whole scheme of things. Notwithstanding the content of the emails, you have got to be kidding me. I will tell you another thing to the Trump Supporters. There is going to come a time where wikileaks or some other organization is going to start hacking Republican Party emails, and we will see how much Rush Limbaugh and the gang like that. Host to that point, glenn alsowald of the intercept of the Edward Snowden revelations, has written about how american politicians have interpreted what has happened with wikileaks. This is from his website intercept from earlier this week. He said wikileaks has always been somewhat controversial but the reaction has intensified because its most significant leaks have had an impact on the u. S. President ial election and in particular have focused on democrats. Who result, republicans long vilified the group as a Grave National Security Threat have become its biggest fans. Groupats who cheered the now scorn it as an evil espionage tool of the kremlin. If you want to read grennan Glenn Greenwald on wikileaks you can go to the intercept. Sivan stephen is in sioux falls, a thirdparty supporter. Caller i disagree about joan signs position as Bernie Sanders host i think we lost stephen. Janice in plymouth, michigan, a trump supporter. Caller good morning. Slammedwho called and , unfortunately by attacking the messenger the message still gets through. That is if the media reports it. Unfortunately in todays political atmosphere, all we hear a bad things about donald trump. We do not hear the whole truth about Hillary Clinton. Now this wikileaks revelation does not impact my vote. I already voted. I and over 70 so i get to vote absentee ballot in michigan. I did vote for trump. That not a perfect man, two words which keep resonating in my mind, and my vote for trump is Supreme Court. The Supreme Court decisions will impact this country and all of us for generations to calm. Two,. If Hillary Clinton gets in which it looks like she might because the media is pushing her, pushing her over the finish line , come back in about 15 years hillary supporters, and let us know how you feel. I just want everyone to know that this is probably the most important election in decades here in america. Voting forider even if you i was a lifelong democrat. I supported Hillary Clinton in the michigan primary in 2008 and i saw what the Democratic Party did to her. They took away delegates from her, they gave them to obama. It was the same deal, they were pushing him over the finish line. His storied presidency. It is not fair host you say this is the most important election in decades and that is something we often hear during election season. Why is this the most important election in decades, because of the candidates who are running or because of the issues and the time . Caller a lot of it is the issues, especially the issue of the terrorism threat. Case, i just did a complete turnaround with Hillary Clinton. These Wikileaks Revelations, i have known about these things. If you do some digging you can find out. You have to widen your scope of Information Sources and not rely on the socalled Mainstream Media. I even count fox in the Mainstream Media. You have to go to obscure overseas newspapers and journals. I am so disappointed that downry has dragged herself. Support dishonesty. Thank you for allowing me this platform. What tow do you know trust when you go to those obscure places on the internet or overseas . We have lost janice. Clinton,oned hillary politico with a story about the Clinton Campaign response to the Wikileaks Revelations. Here is a bit from that story. It notes that as for the she was notrself, focused on the hack and another person who travels with the candidate says she has adopted as a matter of principle the position that she will not discuss the leaks because she does not want to play into their hands. She does remain worried about the political impact of disclosures like the excerpts from her longsought after wall street speeches, which included a comment suggesting a politician should maintain a private and public position on clinically contentious matters. But mostly in the words of politico, she is pissed. Stone haveoger denied any connection to wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the russians, or the hacking, but the current and former Law Enforcement and intelligence agencies say those links will almost certainly be examined. Discussing the suspected russian ties and questioning Donald Trumps own ties to russia, here is a little bit from that web ad. Imagine a candidate for the president of the United States with suspicious and undisclosed ties to a foreign country. Imagine that country was running to affect the outcome of the u. S. Election. We know that russia is trying to meddle in our election. They are confident the russian government directed the recent hacks. Donald trump was reportedly briefed on russias efforts but continues to deflect brame blame. It could be china or somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. Russia has been propping up far right parties in europe. Marine le pen in france. ,hey are xena phobic nationalist, antiimmigrant, antimuslim, and they want to weaken the European Union. Russia has also been connected to strategic hacks and weapons of cyber warfare. Why would they have an interest in seeing donald trump win the election . It is frightening how is campaign on lines. Russias number one Foreign Policy goal is to weaken the European Union and nato. Trump calls nato obsolete and suggests he would not defend our nato allies unless they pay up. He also called for removing troops from overseas. Host that was from the clinton briefing is what their Rapid Response team is called the full ad available on their website. This morning we are talking about the Wikileaks Revelations, asking whether they will impact your vote on election day. Dorothy is an undecided voter from clinton, michigan. Are you with us . Melvin in mount pleasant, South Carolina, a Hillary Clinton supporter. Caller good morning. I would just like to say there is nobody a trust or than Hillary Clinton. , these also like to say people say you cannot trust her. Trust about what . It stinks how people can believe this stuff. Donald trump is a flip scripter. He throws out diversionary tactics. He reviles the media and when he makes these scripts, he wants to come down on the media, i love the media because they tell it like it is. We are not going to fall for that. We are going to get hillary in because trump would say or do anything just to win. He destroyed all the republican candidates. Hillary all the way. Seems like you are implying that donald trump had some connection to wikileaks. The has denied any involvement in what has come out. Caller that is exactly what im saying. Donald trump will deny anything. He thinks because he is so rich he can talk his way out of it. Nobody is that dumb. Krapp believe that crap. This lady has 30 years with honest, hard work. The last time a clinton was in the office, everyone was working , the budget was balanced. Booksn write all the about, they claim stuff about him, about her, and turn around and write books and sell it to the same people. Host that is melvin and South Carolina. Speaking of South Carolina, a series of tweets that came out yesterday from South Carolina republican congressman jeff duncan gained attention. Jeff duncan talking about wikileaks. He wrote, thank god for wikileaks doing the job that Mainstream Media wants. Wont. He said that is not praise for assange, never have condoned illegal activity. Maybe if Hillary Rodham clinton had not destroyed emails. That is o

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