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Search results for "FBI director gets his personal email hacked by 'Iran-linked group'"

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Donald Trump stated on July 07, 2017 in a tweet:
Says John Podesta "refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!"
By Manuela Tobias• July 11, 2017
Donald Trump stated on January 11, 2017 in a press conference at Trump Tower:
The Russians "tried to hack the Republican National Committee, and they were unable to break through." 
By Lauren Carroll• January 11, 2017
Donald Trump stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference with Vladimir Putin:
"The servers of the Pakistani gentleman that worked on the DNC" are "missing."
By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias• July 16, 2018
Hillary Clinton stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:
Says Donald Trump "publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails)."
By Amy Sherman• September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on July 31, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, FBI Director James "Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people."
By Lauren Carroll• August 1, 2016
Newt Gingrich stated on May 21, 2017 in an episode of "Fox and Friends":
Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."
By Lauren Carroll• May 23, 2017
YourNewsWire.com stated on July 17, 2018 in a headline:
"Lisa Page squeals: DNC server was not hacked by Russians."
By Amy Sherman• July 20, 2018
Emails stated on October 20, 2020 in email threat to Florida Democrats:
Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.”
By Amy Sherman• October 21, 2020
Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:
"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election."
By Lauren Carroll• October 20, 2016
PatriotCrier.com stated on May 16, 2017 in an Internet post:
"(James) Comey knew murdered DNC staffer, Seth Rich, was WikiLeaks source & covered it up for Hillary (Clinton)."
By Joshua Gillin• May 26, 2017
Donald Trump stated on October 13, 2016 in a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 18, 2016
Glenn Youngkin stated on September 21, 2022 in a news conference.:
“In 2016, Democrats suggested that the election was stolen.”
By Warren Fiske• October 5, 2022
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on June 16, 2011 in a speech in the U.S. Senate:
"Some criminals have learned how to spy on Americans, hacking into our home computers and looking out through the video camera attached to the screen."
By Richard Salit• July 17, 2011
Markwayne Mullin stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X:
“Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
By Madison Czopek• March 28, 2025
Jesse Watters stated on February 14, 2022 in a TV segment:
“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 17, 2022
Donald Trump Jr. stated on April 04, 2022 in a Facebook video:
The FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop.
By Samantha Putterman• April 6, 2022
Republican Governors Association stated on July 18, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times."
By Amy Sherman• August 14, 2018
Facebook posts stated on October 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Hacked emails “revealed that Hillary Clinton & pals are involved in sex trafficking children.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 7, 2020
Reince Priebus stated on January 08, 2017 in an interview:
Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."
By Tom Kertscher• January 11, 2017
Hillary Clinton stated on September 06, 2022 in a tweet.:
“I had zero emails that were classified.”
By Jon Greenberg, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 13, 2022

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By Jonathan Anderson• November 22, 2016

What we know about 2020 election interference: It’s not just Russia

By Daniel Funke• September 25, 2020

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By Adam Thorp• July 7, 2016

PolitiFact Sheet: Hillary Clinton’s email controversy

By Lauren Carroll• July 19, 2016

Trump says Iran is a country ‘based on disinformation.’ Here’s how Iran conducts influence ops

By Loreben Tuquero• March 23, 2026

Fact-checking Donald Trump's interview on Fox & Friends

By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders• April 26, 2018

The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources

By John Kruzel• February 15, 2018

Russia and its influence on the presidential election

By Lauren Carroll• December 1, 2016

A year of fact-checking about James Comey, Clinton emails and Russia

By Lauren Carroll• May 10, 2017

Trump on Clinton and the FBI: sorting out the facts

By Jon Greenberg• November 7, 2016

The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources (updated)

By John Kruzel• July 16, 2018

What we know about the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails

By Lauren Carroll• May 12, 2016

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By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• July 19, 2016

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By John Kruzel• June 8, 2017

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By Tom Kertscher• October 25, 2017

Mueller report aims to squash WikiLeaks Seth Rich conspiracy theory

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