Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows

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Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows
The email came two days after Trump ‘joked’ about asking Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s emails.

BETSY WOODRUFF
03.21.18 5:08 AM ET

Cambridge Analytica hoped to capitalize on Russian hacking of Hillary Clinton and her ally, an email written by one of its employees indicates.

Emily Cornell, the employee, sent the email on July 29, 2016. It went out to people working with Make America Number One, the pro-Trump super PAC funded by Republican super-donors Robert and Rebekah Mercer.
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On July 22, seven days before Cornell’s email, WikiLeaks had published almost 20,000 emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee. The hack—which included emails showing some DNC officials pushing for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the primary—threw the Democratic Party into turmoil. Then-DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned from her post because of the hack. On July 27, then-candidate Trump said in a press conference that he hoped Kremlin-backed individuals would find emails Clinton deleted as secretary of State.

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” he said.

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1. Hillary Clinton supporters were the only ones that were not fooled.

Clearly.