Manafort Releases Statement After Reports Of A ‘Secret’ Meeting With Assange Emerge

The Guardian published a piece today, accusing Paul Manafort of secretly meeting with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. You can catch up on all of that here.

Manafort has released a statement on the story. He’s denying every bit of it.

“This story is totally false and deliberately libelous,” he said. “I have never met Julian Assange or anyone connected to him.”

We have a statement from Paul Manafort on the Guardian report.

“This story is totally false and deliberately libelous. I have never met Julian Assange or anyone connected to him."

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) November 27, 2018

"I have never been contacted by anyone connected to Wikileaks, either directly or indirectly. I have never reached out to Assange or Wikileaks on any matter."

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) November 27, 2018

Paul Manafort says he's thinking about suing the Guardian. "We are considering all legal options against the Guardian who proceeded with this story even after being notified by my representatives that it was false.”

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) November 27, 2018

NEW: Statement from Paul Manafort about today's Guardian story, via a spokesman: "This story is totally false and deliberately libelous. I have never met Julian Assange or anyone connected to him." pic.twitter.com/4hZDK29neE

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) November 27, 2018

Paul Manafort statement sent out just now by spokesman Jason Maloni. pic.twitter.com/F09GwMEC2V

— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) November 27, 2018

We’ll keep you posted on any further developments…