Leaked Colin Powell emails fault Trump, Clinton
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, in newly leaked emails, criticized both major presidential candidates, calling Donald Trump “a national disgrace” and lamenting Hillary Clinton’s attempt to equate her email practices with his.
Powell, a respected retired general who served in Republican presidential administrations, told BuzzFeed that he does not deny the emails’ authenticity.
In the emails, Powell said he stayed relatively quiet during the rise of Trump, the Republican presidential nominee.
Decrying “friggin record rules,” Powell wrote that he “saw email more like a telephone than a cable machine,” in one email cited by the Intercept.