Analysis | What we know — and don’t know — about WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and the 2016 campaign

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Analysis: What we know -- and don’t know -- about WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and the 2016 campaign

By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 11 at 9:25 AM Julian Assange’s lengthy stay at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London came to an end on Thursday morning, as British police entered the building and placed him under arrest. Assange initially sought refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid criminal charges in Sweden.

We know that Mueller’s investigation didn’t “establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government,” per a letter released by Attorney General William P. Barr last month. We don’t know, though, what Mueller found about WikiLeaks and its interactions with the campaign. So it’s worth walking through what we know about WikiLeaks’s efforts, what we believe to be the case — and what we still don’t know.

We believe from Mueller’s indictment that the Russian hackers were sent a file containing stolen material in mid-July. We believe that Stone’s claim that he had dinner with Assange that year was likely a joke, as Stone has claimed. The logistics of such a thing, given Assange’s residence at the embassy, would make it very tricky.

We don’t know if Stone told Trump about that document release prior to it happening. Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified before Congress that Stone gave Trump a heads-up on an imminent release on July 18 or 19. We don’t know if Corsi’s claim that Stone asked him to pressure WikiLeaks to release the Podesta emails in response to the “Access Hollywood” tape on Oct. 7 are true, though it seems unlikely that WikiLeaks would have accepted such direction.

Donald Trump, October 10, 2016: "This just came out. WikiLeaks! I love WikiLeaks!" pic.twitter.com/KWP7X2aLiN

 

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DeniseDresserG DeniseDresserG Admiro lo que haces y siempre he seguido tu opinión sobre política en México. Pero creo que el retwitear esto solo apoya la narrativa que Estados Unidos y sus medios de comunicación tradicionales quieren diseminar para justificar esta atrocidad contra periodismo.

We also know that Assange said he had contact with Stone to tell him to blow out his ass. This should probably go between these 2.

We know the deep state had him arresred since they're sh*tting themselves now that the tables have turned on them.

What we know is that Assange said his dnc leaker was Seth Rich a DNC employee and Podesta Email showed he said he would make an example of him

Assange, always working to weaken democracy trumpPutin

¿Hay acuerdo entre Ecuador y UK de no poder estraditar a Julian Assange a ningun pais con pena de muerte?

what we know about FakeNews ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

DefendAssange Julian had to be dragged out of the Embassy instead of walking out like a man which made him a coward as some people expected. wikileaks

I think your “what we don’t know” list is a little short.

He worked for Loretta Lynch and Susa Rice. That much we know.

If somebody steals my s*** and you publish it you going to jail b**** no one is above the law

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