The Twitter account belonging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta appears to have been hacked, days after hacked emails from his personal email account were released on the WikiLeaks website.

At 7:55 p.m. on Wednesday night, the account sent out a tweet that said “I’ve switched teams.Vote Trump 2016.Hi pol.”

Thousands of emails from Podesta’s account were hacked and are being investigated by the FBI as part of a broader probe into Russian hacking to interfere in the 2016 election. WikiLeaks, which releases private secrets, has threatened to continue releasing a steady stream of Podesta’s emails, likely until the election.

The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(c) 2016, The Washington Post · Abby Phillip

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