WikiLeaks released more than 8,000 emails taken from the Democratic National Committee’s server on Sunday night, showing that CNN and the DNC communicated about questions to ask Donald Trump.
Update as of 3:20 p.m. - CNN has responded to the WikiLeaks emails.
“This is completely unremarkable. We have similar communications with Republicans. When preparing for interviews we are regularly sent suggestions from rival campaigns and political parties, both solicited and unsolicited. Casting a wide net to ensure a tough and fair interview isn’t just common media practice, it’s smart,” a CNN spokesperson told Epoch Times in an email.
On a daily basis, Wikileaks has released more than 50,000 emails in total, which were taken from the private email account of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta.
On April 24, DNC research director Lauren Dillon sent an email to other officials and staffers about Wolf Blitzer, the longtime CNN anchor. On April 24, in the same email thread, she wrote: “Wolf Blitzer is interviewing Trump on Tues ahead of his foreign policy address on Wed. Please send me thoughts by 10:30 AM tomorrow.”
She later said, on April 24: “CNN said the interview was canceled as of now but will keep the questions for the next one :( . Good to have for others as well.”
