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Hillary Clinton’s campaign fired back on Tuesday as Wikileaks released a new tranche of hacked emails from the account of its chairman John Podesta, dubbing the website a “propaganda arm of the Russian government” seeking to help elect Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

The latest batch of more than 2,000 emails, disclosed on Monday, offered a glimpse into the inner workings of the Clinton campaign. They included insights on multiple fronts, such as a lack of preparedness for Bernie Sanders’ insurgent campaign, concerns raised by Chelsea Clinton over potential conflicts of interest for the family’s foundation, and efforts by aides on how to best frame the former secretary of state’s second bid for the White House.

Last week, Wikileaks published other hacked emails from Podesta’s account, which included alleged excerpts of Clinton’s paid speeches to Wall Street. Clinton’s campaign has neither confirmed nor denied authenticity of the emails, but in recent days escalated its charge that the hack was conducted by Russian state actors.



Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Clinton’s campaign, fired off a tweet storm late Monday in which he assailed Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, for working on behalf of the Russian government.

“You are no media organization,” Fallon tweeted at Wikileaks. “You are a propaganda arm of the Russian government, running interference for their pet candidate, Trump.”