Trump campaign sprints away from Cambridge Analytica
As the scandal around the data analytics firm intensifies, the Trump camp dramatically downplays its ties to the company.
By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM 03/20/2018 01:26 PM EDT Updated 03/20/2018 05:33 PM EDT
President Donald Trump and his allies are well-practiced in the art of distancing themselves from their own campaign officials and activities once they run into controversy.
The swiftly intensifying scandal involving Cambridge Analytica is no different.
With the data analytics firm battling headlines over a breach of Facebook users’ private data as part of its work to elect Trump and over its now-suspended CEO’s secret pitch of honey traps to influence elections around the world, the Trump team is once again deploying a “hardly knew ’em“ defense.
A Trump campaign official — who did not wish to be named — told POLITICO on Tuesday that the 2020 campaign has no existing contracts with Cambridge Analytica and no plans to contract with the firm going forward. And, the official added, the data analytics firm only “provided limited staffing” during the 2016 campaign, and the Trump campaign did not use the firm’s data.
The Trump campaign was not always so eager to distance itself from Cambridge Analytica, especially in the wake of the surprise 2016 win.
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