Green Party, Stein embrace Assange
By Ali Breland - 08/19/16 06:03 AM EDT
... as Stein struggles to get to 15 percent in a major poll — the threshold to be included in this fall’s debates — there are reasons to think the embrace of Assange carries risks as well.
WikiLeaks came under some criticism for the DNC leak, largely because the emails appeared to come from a hack with ties to Russian intelligence.
Assange has not said who his sources are, but his release of the DNC emails has led to accusations that he is seeking to keep Clinton from winning the White House ...
... WikiLeaks ... has ... faced charges of peddling in online conspiracy theories by offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder Seth Rich, a young Democratic National Committee staffer who was shot to death in Washington ...
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/291853-green-party-stein-embrace-assange