John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman, attacked President Donald Trump in a tweetstorm Friday, calling the president a "whack job."
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John Podesta pulls off to the side of the road during a cross-country road trip with his wife to respond to 'whack job POTUS'
John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman, attacked President Donald Trump in a tweetstorm on Friday, calling the president a "whack job."
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Podesta was responding to a tweet the president sent earlier Friday in which he claimed that "everyone" at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, where the president is convening with world leaders, was "talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA."
"Disgraceful!" he said.
Podesta shot back by criticizing Trump's refusal to blame Russia unequivocally for interfering in the 2016 US election. He referred to the finding by multiple US intelligence agencies that the Russian government had directed efforts to influence the election in favor of Trump, including cyberattacks targeting the Democratic National Committee and Podesta's email account.
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"Get a grip man, the Russians committed a crime when they stole my emails to help get you elected President," Podesta wrote. "Maybe you might try to find a way to mention that to President Putin."
Podesta added that he "had nothing to do with the DNC," implying that he was not involved in the committee's reported refusal to grant the FBI access to its hacked computer server. Contrary to Trump's claim, there are no public reports that the CIA requested to investigate the DNC's server.
A longtime Clinton aide and powerful Democratic operative, Podesta has never been a DNC official, and Clinton was not yet the Democratic nominee when the DNC was hacked.
A DNC spokeswoman responded to Trump's tweet on Friday:
Podesta began his series of seven tweets by saying he was on a cross-country road trip with his wife and discovered the president's tweet about him during a pit stop near Fairmont, West Virginia.
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The former Clinton aide also criticized the timing of Trump's tweet, which came immediately before a full day of high-stakes meetings — including a much-anticipated first encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Dude, get your head in the game," Podesta said. "You're representing the US at the G20."
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