GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn

June 29, 2017 5:14 p.m. ET WASHINGTON—Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believed were stolen from Hillary Clinton’s private server, likely by Russian hackers. In conversations with members of his circle and with others he tried to recruit to help him, the GOP operative, Peter W. Smith, implied he was working with retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, at the time a... To Read the Full Story Subscribe