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Showing Original Post only (View all)WikiLeaks to Trump Jr.: 'Our offer of being ambassador to the US still stands' [View all]
Source: The Hill
BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 11/14/17 12:11 PM EST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange went public Tuesday with his pitch to Donald Trump Jr., saying his election-year offer to be an ambassador to the U.S. as an advocate for whistleblowers is still on the table.
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Trump Jr. has given his private Twitter correspondences with WikiLeaks over to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Some of those correspondences leaked to the Atlantic on Monday, so Trump Jr. released them on Twitter.
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WikiLeaks, which published emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clintons campaign chairman, John Podesta, before last years election, pushed Trump Jr. in the private messages to tweet out links to their work and to check out some of the campaign dirt that theyd come across.
Trump Jr. did not respond to most of the messages from WikiLeaks, but the contact has only added to the scrutiny surrounding the Trump campaign and possible ties to Russia.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/360291-wikileaks-to-trump-jr-our-offer-of-being-ambassador-to-the-us
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WikiLeaks to Trump Jr.: 'Our offer of being ambassador to the US still stands' [View all]
DonViejo
Nov 2017
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Julian Assange does not serve himself very well. I am shocked he'd even contact Donnie JR.....
emmett grogan
Nov 2017
#1
That would be "Russian ambassador to the US", presumably - shouldn't he be talking to Putin? (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2017
#7
The idea of an incoming US government suggesting other countries' ambassadors
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2017
#21
A dumb a-hole at that. Why would he think anyone is interested in him being an ambassador?
brush
Nov 2017
#27
I bet Assange would forgo a salary too if you gave him US gov computer access.
bronxiteforever
Nov 2017
#8