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8. Wikileaks

8. Wikileaks

8.1 General

  • 4/20/2017 - US authorities have prepared charges to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Source
  • 4/21/2017 - WikiLeaks releases more top-secret CIA docs as U.S. considers charges. Source
  • 5/31/2017 - Julian Assange says he’s exploring guest-hosting Sean Hannity’s radio show after Fox host offered the opportunity. Source

8.1. Trump relationship with Wikileaks.

  • 10/10/2016 - “I love WikiLeaks,” he told listeners during a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa Source
  • 10/11/2016 - Trump seemingly praises Wikileaks for exposing Hillary. Source
  • 1/4/2017 - “Julian Assange said “a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta” – why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!” - Source
  • 1/19/2017 – Roger Stone, a Trump Ally and former member of the Campaign has communication with Assange, often knows about incoming leaks ahead of time. Source

8.2. Wikileaks relationship to Trump

  • 07/22/2016 - Wikileaks released 20k emails the day after Republican National Convention. Source
  • 11/4/2016 - Assange goes on RT (Russian propaganda news). When asked if he’s supporting Trump says Trump “Would not be permitted to win” and that everyone was assisting Hillary and proceeds to attack Hillary. Source
  • 3/9/2017 - Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn, says the WikiLeaks release seems to be timed purposefully for a moment of weakness for President Trump. Source
  • 3/14/2017 – Assange claims on twitter that Hillary Clinton with the help of two intelligence officials were pushing to make Pence take over Presidency. Source
  • 3/27/2017 - Wikileaks denies Roger Stone had a backchannel to them. Source
  • 5/28/2017 - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Sunday said he thinks President Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner was “correct” if he attempted to set up backchannel communication with Russian leadership. Source

8.3. Wikileaks relationship to Russia

  • 01/26/2012 - Russia Today gives Assange his own TV talk show. Source
  • 09/09/2016 - Wikileaks release excludes evidence of €2B transfer from Syria to Russia. Source
  • 08/31/2016 - Report on how Russia often benefits from Wikileaks by NYT. Source
  • Additional articles covering connections of Wikileaks to Russia : Source
  • 3/7/2017 - (Immediately after Trump’s bad week) Wikileaks dumps info on CIA hacking tools, including those which can match “fingerprints” of stolen Malware from places like Russia. Source
    • Unsurprisingly this gets promoted on numerous Russian Propaganda sites. Source and Source
  • 3/9/2017 - NBC News national security analyst Jeremy Bash joins TODAY to discuss WikiLeaks’ release of thousands of documents that reveal the CIA’s playbook for hacking. He says that "WikiLeaks has become in effect an agent of the Russian Federation. Source
  • 5/5/2017 - Wikileaks actively promotes the hack of Macron emails. Source