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Trump Claims “I Know Nothing About WikiLeaks” Despite Praising Site Repeatedly in 2016

HeadlineApr 12, 2019

At the White House, President Trump was asked about WikiLeaks on Thursday.

Reporter: “Mr. President, do you still love WikiLeaks?”

President Donald Trump: “I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It’s not my thing.”

While Trump claimed he knew nothing about WikiLeaks, he repeatedly praised the whistleblowing site during the 2016 campaign for publishing internal Democratic Party emails.

Donald Trump: “This just came out. This just came out. WikiLeaks! I love WikiLeaks!”

We’ll have more on the arrest of Julian Assange later in the program.

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