Trump, who praised WikiLeaks 141 times, now has 'no opinion' on Assange

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ANALYSIS: Trump, who praised WikiLeaks 141 times, now has 'no opinion' on Assange

US Attorney-General William Barr has released a summary of the"principal conclusions" reached in special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Here are the five main takeaways.

And yet, in spite of all of the above, it's the Trump administration that's shifted away from the Obama-era position that Assange is a journalist and WikiLeaks a media organisation. Some time ago it unleashed an aggressive investigation into Mr Assange and, particularly, the organisation's links with Russia.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo kicked off the push when he was the director of the CIA, backed by former attorney-general Jeff Sessions. "WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service," Mr Pompeo said in 2017, after WikiLeaks published details of CIA hacking tools.

 

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Now do Hillary.

They're nothing but liars! Not only Trump but all of them! A world without the USA in it, would be a Peaceful World! The USA is not a country name! Every other country has a name! All but the USA. America is the whole continent, not the USA!

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Oh No! He is not being Fair And Balanced.

Yeah? My understanding in life is that everybody has the right to have or not have an opinion on anything...... Hiding behind political grey area's is as good as any for not having an opinion.

Kerryn Phelps supports the criminals in the detention centers but what support is she giving to Julian Assange who is an Australian - Nothing. Kick her out at the elections!!!!!!!!!!!

Should a US attempt at extraditing this Australian citizen be successful, it will do untold damage to US/AUS relations and prove once and for all just who controls Canberra

Should a US attempt at extradition this Australian citizen be successful, it will do untold damage to US/AUS relations and prove once and for all just who controls Canberra

Maybe because it involves legal proceedings dope

Trump - great president or greatest president?

who claims to be a media outlet who is non-partial publishes a lot of bias anti Assange propaganda. Any genuine media outlet would be scared of the president that the Assange case has on journalism and free speech.

The ABC left theirabc who lauded Assange when he was the lefty darling now has ‘a different opinion’ on him 👎😡 auspol

Bugger Assange gave Putin the 33k emails Trump secretly asked him to now release. WHERES HIS PARDON . Mueller couldnt work out how Trump and Putin were communicating. Hates watching election Campaigns . You dont think Putin was watching though? Bob BOB I worked it out for you.

Back to Australia. Trump has no say.

Was that not what they (Justice Dept) were intending to do long before Trump became President?I can hear Donald now 'FAKE NEWS' fakenews assange was on US radars long before.

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