Trump adviser sought WikiLeaks emails via Farage ally (Ted Malloch), Mueller document alleges
Source: The Guardian
Trump adviser sought WikiLeaks emails via Farage ally, Mueller document alleges
Ted Malloch was allegedly passed request to get advanced copies of emails stolen from Trumps opponents by Russian hackers
Jon Swaine in New York
Wed 28 Nov 2018 20.05 GMT
An ally of Nigel Farage was asked to obtain secret information from WikiLeaks for Donald Trumps team during the 2016 election campaign, according to US investigators.
Ted Malloch, a London-based academic close to Farage, was allegedly passed a request from a longtime Trump adviser to get advance copies of emails stolen from Trumps opponents by Russian hackers and later published by WikiLeaks.
The allegation emerged in a draft legal document drawn up by Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor investigating Russias interference in the 2016 election and any collusion with Trumps campaign team.
In response to a series of questions from the Guardian, including whether he had acted on the request to make contact with WikiLeaks, Malloch said in an email: No and no comment.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/28/ted-malloch-wikileaks-information-trump-campaign-mueller-investigation