Trump campaign wanted updates on 2016 WikiLeaks releases on Clinton - ex-aide testifies


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  • Tuesday, 12 Nov 2019

FILE PHOTO: Roger Stone, former campaign adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, departs the U.S. District Court following the second day of his criminal trial in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was keen to keep abreast of the release of emails potentially damaging to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, reaching all the way to Trump himself, the Republican's former deputy campaign chairman testified in court on Tuesday.

Rick Gates, testifying in the criminal trial in federal court in Washington of Trump's longtime political adviser Roger Stone, said he witnessed a call between Trump and Stone related to the WikiLeaks website in late July 2016.

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