Tag: Wikileaks

Democratic Party sues Russia, Trump campaign and WikiLeaks alleging 2016 campaign conspiracy

NOTE:  If you were wondering why this was done, this was a way the Democratic Party kept public awareness during the Watergate investigation.

The following article by Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman and Ellen Nakashima was posted on the Washington Post website April 20, 2018:

The Democratic National Committee on April 20 filed a lawsuit against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)

The Democratic National Committee filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Friday against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and the WikiLeaks organization alleging a far-reaching conspiracy to disrupt the 2016 campaign and tilt the election to Donald Trump.

The complaint, filed in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and help Trump by hacking the computer networks of the Democratic Party and disseminating stolen material found there. Continue reading “Democratic Party sues Russia, Trump campaign and WikiLeaks alleging 2016 campaign conspiracy”

Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates

The following article by Tom Hamburger, Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig and Shane Harris was posted on the Washington Post website March 13, 2018:

Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Trump, speaks to reporters after appearing before a closed House Intelligence Committee meeting in September 2017. Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

In the spring of 2016, longtime political operative Roger Stone had a phone conversation that would later seem prophetic, according to the person on the other end of the line.

Stone, an informal adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump, said he had learned from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that his organization had obtained emails that would torment senior Democrats such as John Podesta, then campaign chairman for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Continue reading “Roger Stone claimed contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016, according to two associates”

Trump and WikiLeaks: Five things to know

The following article by Morgan Chalfant was posted on the Hill website November 18, 2017:

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The revelation this week that Donald Trump Jr. corresponded with WikiLeaks during the presidential campaign has added a new wrinkle to the competing probes into Russian interference.

Legal experts say the development is likely to intensify scrutiny of Trump’s eldest son, who is already under the microscope for a controversial June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer.

Separately, a pair of senators revealed Thursday that Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had received correspondence about WikiLeaks prior to the election. They said Kushner has not yet turned over those documents to congressional investigators. Continue reading “Trump and WikiLeaks: Five things to know”

Kushner told Congress he did not recall campaign contact with WikiLeaks: report

The following article by Max Greenwood was posted on the Hill website November 17, 2017:

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President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner told congressional investigators in July that he was not aware of any communications between the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks, according to a CNN report on Friday.

That testimony appears to contradict a letter from the Senate Judiciary Committee this week disclosing that Kushner had received an email in 2016 from Donald Trump Jr. about contact the president’s eldest son had with the anti-secrecy website.

According to CNN, a source familiar with Kushner’s testimony in July said he answered lawmakers’ questions accurately and did not recall whether anyone else on the campaign was in contact with WikiLeaks. Continue reading “Kushner told Congress he did not recall campaign contact with WikiLeaks: report”

The big problem with Donald Trump Jr.’s excuse for collaborating with WikiLeaks

The following article by Aaron Rupar was posted on the ThinkProgress website November 14, 2017:

The timeline is more incriminating than he’d have you believe.

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Donald Trump Jr. seems to think that the direct messages he exchanged with WikiLeaks aren’t particularly incriminating. On Monday night, Trump Jr. tweeted out what he claims were his “entire chain of messages” with WikiLeaks, and he dismissively wrote that his messages consisted of a “whopping 3 responses.”

According to those direct messages, Trump Jr.’s last message to Wikileaks was sent on October 3, 2016 — four days before the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security released a joint statement publicly accusing WikiLeaks of being a Kremlin front. Continue reading “The big problem with Donald Trump Jr.’s excuse for collaborating with WikiLeaks”

The clear timeline suggesting Donald Trump Jr. coordinated with WikiLeaks

The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website November 14, 2017:

President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. communicated with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. Here’s what the messages say. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

On Oct. 14, 2016, Mike Pence took to Fox News and flat-out denied that the Trump campaign was “in cahoots” with WikiLeaks. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” the Republican vice-presidential nominee said.

Turns out Pence’s answer was pretty far from the truth. Continue reading “The clear timeline suggesting Donald Trump Jr. coordinated with WikiLeaks”

Donald Trump Jr releases messages he exchanged with WikiLeaks during campaign

The following article by their Foreign Staff was posted on the Telegraph website November 14, 2017:

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President Donald Trump’s son released on Monday a series of messages he had with WikiLeaks after a report suggested he had secretly liaised with the group that published Hillary Clinton’s emails during last year’s election.

Donald Trump, Jr revealed what he said was the “entire” chain of Twitter direct messages with WikiLeaks between September 2016 and July this year, in which the anti-secrecy group sought to feed information to the Trump campaign and enhance the impact of its Clinton releases.

Mr Trump Jr’s release, also done on Twitter, shows about a dozen messages from WikiLeaks to him, and what he called “my whopping 3 responses.” Continue reading “Donald Trump Jr releases messages he exchanged with WikiLeaks during campaign”

The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks

The following article by Julia Ioffe was posted on the Atlantic website November 13, 2017:

The transparency organization asked the president’s son for his cooperation—in sharing its work, in contesting the results of the election, and in arranging for Julian Assange to be Australia’s ambassador to the United States.

Julian Assange in May at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Mr. Assange confirmed on Twitter that he had been approached before the 2016 election by the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica. Credit Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Just before the stroke of midnight on September 20, 2016, at the height of last year’s presidential election, the WikiLeaks Twitter account sent a private direct message to Donald Trump Jr., the Republican nominee’s oldest son and campaign surrogate. “A PAC run anti-Trump site putintrump.org is about to launch,” WikiLeaks wrote. “The PAC is a recycled pro-Iraq war PAC. We have guessed the password. It is ‘putintrump.’ See ‘About’ for who is behind it. Any comments?” (The site, which has since become a joint project with Mother Jones, was founded by Rob Glaser, a tech entrepreneur, and was funded by Progress for USA Political Action Committee.)

The next morning, about 12 hours later, Trump Jr. responded to WikiLeaks. “Off the record I don’t know who that is, but I’ll ask around,” he wrote on September 21, 2016. “Thanks.” Continue reading “The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks”

Trump campaign data firm ‘approached WikiLeaks during US election for Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails’

The following article by Jeremy B. White was posted on the Independent website October 25, 2017:

Julian Assange in May at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Mr. Assange confirmed on Twitter that he had been approached before the 2016 election by the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica. Credit Peter Nicholls/Reuters

A political data firm employed by the Trump campaign sought to work with WikiLeaks, publisher Julian Assange has said.

The proposed partnership was first uncovered by the Daily Beast, which reported that Cambridge Analytica approached the anti-secrecy organisation in an effort to locate the 33,000 emails deleted from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

The Trump campaign effectively found an ally in WikiLeaks during the campaign when the organisation published thousands of internal emails from Democratic Party operatives, moving Donald Trump to proclaim “I love WikiLeaks” in response to one disclosure. Continue reading “Trump campaign data firm ‘approached WikiLeaks during US election for Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails’”

Assange Says WikiLeaks Rejected Request by Data Firm Tied to Trump

The following article by Nicholas Confessore was posted on the New York Times website October 25, 2017:

Julian Assange in May at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Mr. Assange confirmed on Twitter that he had been approached before the 2016 election by the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica. Credit Peter Nicholls/Reuters

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday that he had rebuffed a request for help last year from the head of a data firm that worked for Donald J. Trump and is now facing congressional scrutiny.

On Twitter, Mr. Assange said he had been approached before the 2016 election by Alexander Nix, the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Mr. Trump during the final months of the campaign. Mr. Assange did not disclose what kind of help Mr. Nix sought, only that he had declined the request.

“I can confirm an approach by Cambridge Analytica,” Mr. Assange wrote, “and can confirm that it was rejected by WikiLeaks.” Continue reading “Assange Says WikiLeaks Rejected Request by Data Firm Tied to Trump”