President Trump said Tuesday that he doesn’t “know anything” about WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who is reportedly facing a secret criminal case filed by the Trump administration.
“I don’t know anything about him, really,” Trump said on the south lawn of the White House after being asked if Assange should go free and if the Justice Department should drop its case. “I don’t know much about him.”
An accidental court filing revealed last week that Assange faced a sealed criminal case in the U.S., a scenario long feared by the Australian-born transparency activist.
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Trump previously was bullish on Assange’s outlet. He declared, “I love WikiLeaks” during the 2016 election, when the primary source publisher released hacked Democratic emails.
As president, Trump has kept his distance from WikiLeaks and Assange as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
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