The Guardian recently published a “bombshell” story, alleging that Paul Manafort met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secretly.
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and visited around the time he joined Trump’s campaign, the Guardian has been told.
Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 – during the period when he was made a key figure in Trump’s push for the White House.
It is unclear why Manafort would have wanted to see Assange and what was discussed. But the last apparent meeting is likely to come under scrutiny and could interest Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
A well-placed source has told the Guardian that Manafort went to see Assange around March 2016. Months later WikiLeaks released a stash of Democratic emails stolen by Russian intelligence officers.
This is all according to “sources.” It’s unclear who those sources are, and it should be noted that the embassy has NO record of those visits.
Curious, that.
Manafort is denying the report, calling it “100% false.”
The Guardian’s Manafort report comes a day after Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a complaint against Manafort for allegedly violating his plea deal and being guilty of various “crimes and lies” that were left unspecified. Manafort’s legal team denies that he is in breach of the deal. Legal experts say he could face more than ten years in prison.
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WikiLeaks has responded on Twitter.
To be continued…
h/t Daily Wire