Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she suspects President Donald Trump's campaign gave guidance to Russian government propaganda efforts during last year's U.S. presidential campaign, leveling her most serious charge yet against the person who defeated her.
The former Democratic presidential candidate, appearing at a tech conference near Los Angeles, said propaganda spread on sites such as Facebook helped cost her the election, and she urged Silicon Valley firms to move faster to stop false stories.
Trump has said there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia.
Echoing assessments of U.S. intelligence agencies, Clinton said the Russian government wanted to spread disinformation about her. But she added they "could not have known how best to weaponize that information unless they had been guided."
"Guided by Americans?" asked Walt Mossberg, a technology journalist interviewing Clinton on stage.
"Guided by Americans and guided by people who have polling and data," she responded.
Clinton was pressed by another journalist on stage, Kara Swisher, who asked: "But you're leaning Trump
Source: NNA
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