‘China hacked Clinton’

Washington – US President Donald Trump said on Twitter yesterday China hacked the e-mails of 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but did not offer any evidence.

“Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China. Next move better be by the FBI & DOJ or, after all of their other missteps (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, FISA, Dirty Dossier etc), their credibility will be forever gone!” he tweeted.

Speaking in Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said such accusations were nothing new.

“This isn’t the first time we’ve heard similar kinds of allegations,” Hua told a daily news briefing.

“China is a staunch defender of cybersecurity. We firmly oppose and crack down on any forms of internet attacks and the stealing of secrets.” – Reuters