Hacked Emails Show Clinton Campaign's Fears About Sanders

By AP
Posted on 10/26/16 | News Source: ABC News

Allies of Hillary Clinton felt threatened by the power of Sen. Bernie Sanders' candidacy and wondered about getting some signal of support from President Barack Obama in the heat of the Democratic primaries, according to the latest emails in a hacked trove from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

Ahead of the Illinois primary in March, liberal operative Neera Tanden asked Podesta, who formerly worked on Obama's transition in 2008, if the president could give any kind of indication that he was supporting Clinton over Sanders.

Tanden asked Podesta whether Obama could "even hint of support of Hillary before Tuesday?"

Obama stayed officially neutral in the primaries until Clinton clinched the nomination in June.

Tanden wrote: "Maybe they don't want to do this, but the stakes are pretty damn high in this election for him."

The email exchange was contained in more than 1,500 emails released Wednesday by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. The notes were stolen from the email account of...read more at ABC News