France warns publishing candidate’s hacked emails may ‘distort’ election

France warned the media Saturday that it could be a criminal offense to publish information released in an alleged hack of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign emails.

The French election commission expressed concern that publishing the emails could influence Sunday’s presidential vote and urged “responsibility,” according to Reuters.

“On the eve of the most important election for our institutions, the commission calls on everyone present on internet sites and social networks, primarily the media, but also all citizens, to show responsibility and not to pass on this content, so as not to distort the sincerity of the ballot,” reads the commission’s statement.

{mosads}Late last week, a large archive of emails from the campaign of Macron appeared to leak online, just two days before the election.