Professor Kathleen Bartzen Culver, director of the Centre of Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin, said such an approach was “ironic” given Trump openly called on Russia to hack Mrs Clinton’s emails in 2016.
“Russia, if you’re listening… I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press,” Trump said at the time.
Prof Culver said the restraint from the press in 2024 shows lessons have been learned from the “almost breathless coverage” of leaked emails in 2016.