Spicer: ‘Big difference' between publishing Podesta e-mails and classified CIA files

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that there is a “big difference” between WikiLeaks publishing Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s hacked e-mails and the site's recent release of classified CIA information. During the presidential campaign, President Donald Trump praised WikiLeaks and urged the group to continue publishing Podesta’s hacked e-mails, which US intelligence agencies believe were obtained by Russian-backed hackers. Spicer was asked if President Trump is still a fan of WikiLeaks, a day after the group published a massive trove of documents pertaining to the CIA’s hacking programs. “There is a big difference between disclosing John Podesta’s Gmail accounts and the back-and-forth about his undermining of Hillary Clinton and his thoughts on her on a personal level, and of leaking classified information,” Spicer said.