Longtime Republican operative Peter Smith raised at least $100,000 to obtain what he thought were emails stolen from Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
The Journal last year reported Smith’s attempts to obtain Clinton’s deleted emails from hackers in the weeks running up to the 2016 election.
The paper reported Sunday that Smith gained $100,000 from at least four backers and contributed $50,000 of his own money toward the effort.
The donations were made in the name of a Washington scholarship fund for Russian students, according to the Journal. The newspaper could not determine whether the scholarship fund existed.
However, the donations were referenced in an email titled “Wire Instructions—Clinton Email Reconnaissance Initiative” that the Journal reviewed in an account used by Smith.
The Journal reported that it could not determine who sent the email, as many people had access to the Gmail account.
Smith’s attempts to gain Clinton’s emails have come under scrutiny as special counsel Robert Mueller probes alleged collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia.
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Smith died after detailing his work to the Journal last year.
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GOP operative raised over $100,000 in effort to obtain stolen Clinton emails: report https://t.co/rK9Du50MHT pic.twitter.com/nUVMJ7avXM
— The Hill (@thehill) October 7, 2018
Smith died 10 days after speaking to the Journal last year, a death police ruled a suicide when he was found in a Minnesota hotel room with a hand-written note that read: "NO FOUL PLAY WHATSOEVER." Some who spoke to Smith in his final days remain shocked.https://t.co/eHvvoYjxjM pic.twitter.com/X2Bf3YgB0j
— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) October 7, 2018
Michael Flynn had professional relationship with late GOP operative who sought Hillary Clinton’s emails https://t.co/pK23TexWed
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) October 10, 2018
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