WikiLeaks on Thursday published a new batch of nearly 2,000 emails it says were stolen from the archive of Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE campaign chairman John Podesta as part of what increasingly appears to be a strategy of drawing out the emails’ publication.
The Thursday morning release is the sixth publication from the anti-secrecy group. Two separate batches were made public on Wednesday, following one every weekday heading back to last Friday.
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In all, roughly 9,000 emails have been made public. But WikiLeaks has claimed to have 50,000 of Podesta’s messages, indicating that it intends to release them bit by bit for maximum political effect.
U.S. intelligence agencies have suggested that the release may be part of a Russia-backed plot to interfere with the presidential election. Clinton’s campaign has refused to verify the authenticity of the emails, which stretch back for years, claiming their release is evidence of Kremlin efforts to elect Republican presidential nominee Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE.
So far, the leaked emails have contained several embarrassing revelations about the Clinton campaign and its allies, including excerpts of previously secret speeches Clinton, the Democratic nominee, gave to Wall Street and signs that the campaign was given advance notice of a debate question.
Still, the documents have failed to provide anything near a crippling blow for Clinton, in part because Trump is embroiled in an intensifying controversy over reports of past sexual harassment and a deepening divide within the Republican Party.