'I know nothing about Wikileaks, it's not my thing,' Pres. Trump says when asked if he 'still loves Wikileaks' following arrest of founder Julian Assange. Then-candidate Trump repeatedly praised the organization during the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.
The image of a disheveled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being hauled out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to face charges stood in stark contrast to the praise Presidentshowered on Assange's hacking organization night after night during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump certainly welcomed the political boost his campaign got from the release of Clinton campaign emails in 2016. Assange for years has been under U.S. Justice Department scrutiny for WikiLeaks' role in publishing thousands of government secrets. He was an important figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, as investigators examined how WikiLeaks obtained emails that were stolen from Democratic groups.
It was unclear why the Assange charge, which was brought under seal last year, was made public at this time and why he was taken into custody now — weeks after Mueller's investigation had concluded. None of the allegations in the case relate to Russian election interference or WikiLeaks' role in publishing emails stolen from Democrats by Russian intelligence operatives.
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