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The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks
The Atlantic writes:
The transparency organization asked the president's son for his cooperation—in sharing its work, in contesting the results of the election, and in arranging for Julian Assange to be Australia's ambassador to the United States.
[...] The messages, obtained by The Atlantic, were also turned over by Trump Jr.'s lawyers to congressional investigators. They are part of a long—and largely one-sided—correspondence between WikiLeaks and the president's son that continued until at least July 2017. The messages show WikiLeaks, a radical transparency organization that the American intelligence community believes was chosen by the Russian government to disseminate the information it had hacked, actively soliciting Trump Jr.'s cooperation. WikiLeaks made a series of increasingly bold requests, including asking for Trump's tax returns, urging the Trump campaign on Election Day to reject the results of the election as rigged, and requesting that the president-elect tell Australia to appoint Julian Assange ambassador to the United States.
Its a quite long, but interesting article.
Kushner Failed to Hand Over Emails
Senators: Kushner Didn't Disclose Emails On WikiLeaks, 'Russian Overture'
Senior White House adviser and son-in-law to the president Jared Kushner failed to hand over to Senate investigators emails concerning contacts with WikiLeaks and a "Russian backdoor overture," according to a letter sent by two senior lawmakers.
The letter, released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and its ranking Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, says Kushner failed to turn over "September 2016 email communications to Mr. Kushner concerning WikiLeaks" and other emails pertaining to a "Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite."
(Score: 2, Insightful) by frojack on Monday November 20 2017, @08:25PM (2 children)
Who knew one's spam bin was enough to incriminate you?
The article says WikiLeaks, actively solicited Trump Jr.'s cooperation but it was one-sided.
Trumps side was probably nothing more than "remove me from your mailing list".
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @09:00PM
Nice spin, mind if I harness some of your bullshit for my home generator?
The article is very clear about the MOSTLY one sided emails, but the correlation between WikiLeaks sending recommendations and Trump immediately following their advice is pretty damning. Go ahead, try and spin it away, thankfully this website has no bearing on the investigations :D
Twenty more years (in prison), twenty more years (in prison)!!
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @10:32PM
Weird, the word spam wasn't found in either linked article, care you to provide a citation for your claim?