View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n As usual, as we parse through the latest document dump, we urge readers to flag and point us to any of the more notable emails they find.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, it may be time for the Clinton campaign to release another tape. The impact of Friday’s “Trump Tape” is dissipating and at this rate, the media may find it difficult to keep the audience’s attention redirected exlusively to Trump.<\/p>\n As a reminder, the latest release comes after John Podesta did not deny the authenticity of the emails, but was quick to blame everyone from Trump, to Wikileaks to the Russians for the ongoing bombardment.<\/p>\n As we reproted previously, while so far there have been no major devastating revelations<\/a>, aside from Hillary’s admissions in her Wall Street speech transcripts that she had one “persona” for public appearances, and a vastly different one for well-paid private ones, the massive leak does lift the veil on Team Clinton\u2019s inner workings.<\/p>\n Cited by AFP<\/a>, Podesta described the timing of the leak, which came late on Friday, as a \u201ccurious coincidence\u201d, coming shortly after The Washington Post published a shock video of Donald Trump making lewd boasts about groping women in 2005. Alternatively, one can say that the release of the Trump tapes came as a “curious coincidence” just as Wikileaks would reveal what much of the right of center audience was so interested in.<\/p>\n The veteran political aide, who served in the Obama and Bill Clinton administrations, suggested that the release \u201cwas their countermove to try to take the public\u2019s attention off the despicable things that Donald Trump said on that video.\u201d Again, one can counter with precisely the opposite, and judging by the amount of media time dedicated to each, it appears Wikileaks lost.<\/p>\n Pressed on why Clinton has had a “softer” attitude in her private remarks to Wall Street about the need for regulations after the 2008 financial crash than she did as a candidate, Podesta disagreed. \u201cWhat she says in private and what she says in public is that she will crack down on Wall Street abuses,\u201d he said. \u201cShe said you know your industry best. That doesn\u2019t mean regulators can\u2019t crack down on them.\u201d<\/p>\n Podesta declined to answer most questions about those e-mails, saying, \u201cI\u2019m not confirming the validity of the e-mails.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhether that was Mr Assange\u2019s decision to try to help Mr Trump or whether there was some coordination involved, I have no way of knowing. I\u2019m just saying, it\u2019s an awfully curious coincidence that it happened virtually as soon as the water temperature was moving to a boil,\u201d Podesta told journalists aboard a campaign plane traveling from Miami to New York. Padesta added: \u201cWe can\u2019t confirm the accuracy of those leaks, we know that the Russians might have passed on doctored documents<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI would say that the Russian interference in this election and their apparent attempt to influence it on behalf of Mr Trump should be of utmost concern to all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n Translation: the leaks were correct, and while we have no idea who is behind them, we will just blame the Russians – after all, how can they possibly retaliate with diplomatic conditions already dreadful.<\/p>\n Podesta also accused longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone of receiving \u201cadvance warning\u201d about WikiLeaks\u2019s plan to publish the hacked emails. He slammed Trump for taking positions \u201cmore consistent with Russian foreign policy than US foreign policy\u201d, pointing the Republican nominee\u2019s hostility toward the NATO transatlantic alliance and his indulgence toward Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there is definitely circumstantial evidence that Mr. Stone must have been witting about what was to come\u201d Podesta said. \u201cIt\u2019s a reasonable assumption or at least a reasonable conclusion that Mr. Stone had advance warning\u201d and that, through him, Trump was warned \u201cabout what Assange was going to do,\u201d Podesta said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the infamous FBI is now also involved: according to Bloomberg,<\/a> the FBI told Podesta on Sunday that it is investigating a hack of his Gmail account in connection with the broader hacking probe.<\/p>\n![\"View](\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CukVmfkWAAAMjP4.jpg:small\" "\\"View")
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