Cybersecurity
Trump Goes From ‘I Love WikiLeaks’ to ‘I Know Nothing About WikiLeaks’
- As candidate, Trump often exulted in leaks that hurt Clinton
- Now: ‘I know nothing about WikiLeaks -- it’s not my thing’
Julian Assange arrives at Westminster Magistrates court in London on April 11.
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Donald Trump made no secret during the 2016 campaign that he appreciated WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange for publishing thousands of hacked Democratic emails, many of them damaging to Hillary Clinton.
"I love WikiLeaks," he said more than once as the group posted emails stolen by Russian operatives from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s Gmail account.