Politics

Trump, Clinton staffers spar at Harvard post-election event

Just over three weeks since the November elections, the wounds of Campaign 2016 are clearly still very raw, as arguments and finger pointing broke out this week at a post-election gathering of top aides to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton held at Harvard University.

“We know this is going to be a lively and at some moments difficult session,” said one of the moderators, Dan Balz of the Washington Post.

That turned out to be an understatement.

In recorded audio from this week’s gathering, which was released on Thursday night by Harvard’s Institute of Politics, top staffers of the two campaigns freely exchanged