'I love reading those WikiLeaks,' Trump had said at an event, relating that he was late because he had been reading the latest batch of emails that WikiLeaks had released
By John Wagner John Wagner National reporter leading The Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow April 12 at 8:54 AM Vice President Pence asserted in an interview broadcast Friday that President Trump’s enthusiastic reaction to WikiLeaks’ releases of damaging material on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential race did not amount to an endorsement of the organization.
His comments followed the arrest Thursday of the organization’s founder, Julian Assange, by British authorities in response to a U.S. extradition request. During the closing stretch of the 2016 campaign, Trump repeatedly extolled WikiLeaks at his rallies for sharing hacked emails from Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta.“WikiLeaks — I love WikiLeaks,” Trump said at one such event.“I love reading those WikiLeaks,” he said at yet another event, relating that he had been delayed in arriving because he had been reading the latest batch of emails that WikiLeaks had released.
WikiLeaks began releasing hacked emails from Podesta on the same day in October 2016 that The Washington Post reported the existence of an “Access Hollywood” tape in which Trump bragged about inappropriately grabbing women.
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