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TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 01:10 PM Aug 2016

Wikileaks denies they’re looking for Trump’s tax returns — Assange claim on Maher was a ‘joke’

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/wikileaks-denies-theyre-looking-for-trumps-tax-returns-assange-claim-on-maher-was-a-joke/


“Why don’t you hack into Donald Trump’s tax returns?” Maher asked Assange, who is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

“We’re working on it,” Assange replied.

“Why haven’t we seen anything hacked from the Trump campaign?” Maher continued. “Obviously we know these [emails] came from Russia. And we also know that you do not like Hillary Clinton at all, as does not Vladimir Putin. It looks like you are working with a bad actor, Russia, to put your thumb on the scale and basically f*ck with the one person who stands in the way of us being ruled by Donald Trump.”

Addressing the comments on Saturday morning, Wikileaks denied looking into Trump or his finances, calling Assange’s response a “joke.”

“WikiLeaks isn’t ‘working on’ hacking Trump’s tax-returns. Claim is a joke from a comedy show. We are ‘working on’ encouraging whistleblowers,” they posted on Twitter.



In best light, what was to reassert that they are not a hacking group, but a hacker submission organization.

I seriously doubt that, else he would not have used the word, "joke," but clarified Wikileaks role.


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Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
1. This is a dirty trick of the highest order. There should be aggressive
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 01:20 PM
Aug 2016

investigations into this. Not knowing where the emails were hacked or by whom, these emails could have been fraudulently altered. Forged. People are trusting an UNKNOWN source. The way Republicans constantly complain when something negative comes out about them whitch identifies an anonymous source, why are they not complaining about this totally mysteriously anonymous source. The hypocrisy is mind-numbing.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
5. The coward Assange offered a smary dodge to Maher.
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 03:09 PM
Aug 2016

He didn't have the guts to answer Bill's question. Instead, he answered with an "I know something you don't know" lie intended to get him out of having to answer about the obvious bias in who Assange chooses to target (hint: NOT Rs) Bill was pointing out while oozing fake moral superiority over Bill.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,202 posts)
6. Does Bill seriously think Assange gives a shit about Trump
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 03:19 PM
Aug 2016

or America for that matter? We can crash and burn as long as Julian's pasty white ass isn't extradited to the US.

RAFisher

(466 posts)
11. I watched it and it did seem like a joke. Wikileaks never does the hacking, they just release it.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 06:06 PM
Aug 2016

Wikileaks is just a site were people can upload and they can release it anonymously. Assange wants Wikileaks to be in the news and probably releases everything they get.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
14. Some "transparency" group...
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 06:08 PM
Aug 2016

Assange better milk this race for all it's worth, because his credibility will be less than zero after the election...

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