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Bannon says Stone was Trump campaign link to WikiLeaks

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives to testify at the trial of Roger Stone, at federal court in Washington, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Associated Press
By A. KHALIL/M. BALSAMO Clinton, a former top presidential Assange, alerting them to pending had actively sought material from
Associated Press adviser testified Friday. new batches of damaging emails. WikiLeaks, which released emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald In reluctant testimony, former cam- "The campaign had no official ac- that U.S. intelligence agencies
Trump's campaign viewed Rog- paign CEO Steve Bannon told a cess to WikiLeaks or to Julian As- determined had been hacked by
er Stone as an "access point" to federal court that Stone, on trial for sange," Bannon told the court. It the Russian government in order to
WikiLeaks and tried to use him lying to Congress and witness tam- was the first time that anyone af- damage Clinton.
to get advanced word about pering, had boasted about his ties filiated with the Trump campaign
hacked emails damaging to Hillary to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian acknowledged in court that they Continued on Page 2