Corbyn defends decision to share leaked documents on NHS despite Russian interference campaign links

Jeremy Corbyn has defended his party’s decision to share leaked documents on the NHS despite them being linked to a Russian interference campaign, Sky News reports.

Last week, Labour leader used the classified documents detailing trade discussions between US and UK officials as evidence of what he said were “secret talks” to sell off the NHS.

BBC reports that on Friday, forum website Reddit said unredacted documents were uploaded as “part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia”.

It has suspended 61 accounts that showed a “pattern of coordination”.

The government said it was looking into the matter with help from the National Cyber Security Centre.

Speaking on Saturday, Mr Johnson said “we do need to get to the bottom” of the leak but said he had seen “no evidence of any successful interference by Russia in any democratic event in this country”.

Via Sky News / BBC