This year, WikiLeaks released a virtual treasure-trove of e-mails hacked from the server of the Democratic National Committee, as well as from Democratic primary front-runner and eventual nominee Hillary Clinton. The e-mails appeared to show a coordinated effort between DNC officials and the Clinton campaign to support Clinton in the primaries and undermine rival Bernie Sanders. This had an enormous, but unquantifiable impact, on the presidential race, as Republican nominee Donald Trump responded with a bid to win over Democratic Sanders supporters who felt their candidate had been slighted. DNC chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned her position in the aftermath of the e-mail leak. Meanwhile, e-mails revealed from Clinton’s private server during her term as Secretary of State made public information that painted an unflattering picture, such as details about speeches she had given to wealthy donors in which she spoke of having different political opinions for different – “public and private” – groups. Waiting until mere weeks before the election to put these e-mails out, WikiLeaks appears to have coordinated its effort for maximum political impact. The leaks are sometimes implicated as a major contributing factor to Clinton’s electoral loss, and the unprecedented victory of President-elect Donald Trump.
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