Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows

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Source: The Daily Beast



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.

After noting some of the firm’s work for the super PAC, Cornell wrote: “With her campaign getting hacked, I can only imagine what a new swatch [sic] of emails will do to her already fractured base!”

Cornell did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the email. A spokesperson for Cambridge Analytica also did not respond to requests for comment.

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