WATCH: President Trump, who often expressed his love of WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential campaign, says following the arrest of Julian Assange: 'I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It's not my thing.'
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he knows"nothing about WikiLeaks" hours after the arrest of the organization's founder, Julian Assange, and two-and-a-half years after he frequently cited its information dumps about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.
"I know nothing about WikiLeaks," Trump told reporters at the White House, where he met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in."It’s not my thing. I’ve seen what’s happening with Assange." Later Thursday, during a White House event with World War II veterans, Trump said,"I don’t know much about it." Assange was apprehended Thursday morning at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had been granted asylum for nearly seven years before Ecuador allowed British authorities access to take him in. He is charged in the U.K. with skipping bail, and U.S. officials want him extradited in connection withTrump cited the results of WikiLeaks' efforts attacking Clinton during his 2016 campaign.
"I hope people are looking at the disgraceful behavior of Hillary Clinton as exposed by WikiLeaks," Trump tweeted Oct. 11, 2016."She is unfit to run."And, just a week before Election Day, he tweeted from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, about the organization.Jonathan Allen
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