A string of US senators and mayors are fighting claims they are members of the Ku Klux Klan after hackers claimed to have discovered the racist group’s secret files.
The group, who say they acting on behalf of the activist group Anonymous, had earlier announced it would reveal the names of 1 000 people who were members of the Klan.
Those named so far include senators Thomas Tillis from North Carolina, John Cornyn from Texas, John Isakson from Georgia and Dan Coats from Indiana.
All those on the list have strenuously denied any links to the white supremacist movement.
Some Anonymous members claimed yesterday that the group had not officially endorsed the release of the senators and mayors’ names and could not vouch for their accuracy.
Daily Mail
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