Facts First: It's inaccurate for Vice President Mike Pence to suggest that WikiLeaks' publishing of classified information is somehow a recent revelation
During an interview Friday with CNN, Vice President Mike Pence was quick to attack WikiLeaks' publishing of classified information provided by Chelsea Manning in 2010:"Working with Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange was involved in one of the greatest compromises of classified information in American history."
But when asked by CNN's Dana Bash if President Donald Trump's view of WikiLeaks had changed from when, in 2016, he"welcomed seeing WikiLeaks and the information that they got from Hillary Clinton" Pence dodged the question, suggesting the President"always welcomes information, but that was in no way an endorsement." Pence continued by asserting"we now understand was involved in disseminating classified information about the United States of America.
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