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Robby Mook is a Democrat political strategist. He was the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated 2016 presidential run. He also knows where the bodies are buried.<\/p>\n
Clinton received a nasty surprise on Friday when Mook testified during the Sussman trial that she \u201cagreed\u201d to leak allegations that the Trump Organization had a secret communications channel with Russia\u2019s Alfa Bank.<\/p>\n
Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n
Clinton’s former campaign manager said he took the idea of leaking Trump-Russia allegations to multiple senior campaign officials<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Brooke SingmanBy Brooke Singman , Jake Gibson , David Spunt<\/p>\n Former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook testified Friday that then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton approved the dissemination of materials alleging a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and Russia\u2019s Alfa Bank to the media, despite campaign officials not being “totally confident” in the legitimacy of the data.<\/p>\n Former FBI General Counsel James Baker testified Thursday that the bureau investigated the data alleging a Trump connection to the Kremlin-linked bank, and found that “there was nothing there.”<\/p>\n Mook was called to the stand for testimony by Michael Sussmann\u2019s defense Friday.<\/p>\n During cross-examination by government prosecutor Andrew DeFillippis Friday, Mook was asked about the campaign\u2019s understanding of the Alfa Bank allegations against Trump and whether they planned to release the data to the media.<\/p>\n Mook said he was first briefed about the Alfa Bank issue by campaign general counsel Marc Elias, who at the time was a partner at lawfirm Perkins Coie.<\/p>\n Mook testified that he was told that the data had come from “people that had expertise in this sort of matter.”<\/p>\n Mook said the campaign was not totally confident in the legitimacy of the data, but had hoped to give the information to a reporter who could further “run it down” to determine if it was “accurate” or “substantive.”<\/p>\n He also said he discussed whether to give the information to a reporter with senior campaign officials, including campaign chairman John Podesta, senior policy advisor, now White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and communications director Jennifer Palmieri.<\/p>\n “I discussed it with Hillary as well,” Mook said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n Clinton also shared a statement from Jake Sullivan, which stated: “This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow. Computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.”<\/p>\n Sullivan said the “secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of Trump\u2019s ties to Russia.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n