MSNBC Notes “Breathless Hypocrisy” Of Trump Urging Outlets Not To Publish Hacked Campaign Documents

“The irony could not be thicker. Obviously, multiple investigations found that Roger Stone was in secret communication with Wikileaks back in 2016 and did everything he could to help the Trump campaign exploit that hack of the Democrats by Russian spies.

“And, of course, Trump himself urged Russia, we all remember, to find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails, and he celebrated those Wikileaks disclosures that everyone knew at the time came from a Russian hack.

“But now the Trump campaign is urging news organizations not to use any documents stolen by a foreign government in what some see as breathtaking hypocrisy.

“And so far, you know, news organizations do not appear to have published any internal Trump documents. But nothing is stopping the hackers from posting them on the web somewhere, which will create a real dilemma for the media if the documents are newsworthy.

“I mean, nobody wants to help a foreign government influence the election, but if secret documents are leaked onto the internet, lots of people are going to see them regardless of what the media does on them.” – MSNBC correspondent Ken Dilanian.