Julian Assange: I Told Trump Junior To Release Those Russian Collusion Emails Anonymously Via Wikileaks

Julian Assange is claiming that earlier today he contacted Donald Trump Jr. to urge him to release those emails anonymously via Wikileaks because otherwise Trump’s enemies would just “milk isolated phrases for weeks or months” without providing context. You may recall that the elder Trump regularly declared his love for Wikileaks.

Contacted Trump Jr this morning on why he should publish his emails (i.e with us). Two hours later, does it himself: https://t.co/FzCttGSyr6

— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) July 11, 2017

(1/3) I argued that his enemies have it–so why not the public? His enemies will just milk isolated phrases for weeks or months…

— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) July 11, 2017

(2/3) with their own context, spin and according to their own strategic timetable. Better to be transparent and have the full context..

— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) July 11, 2017

(3/3) but would have been safer for us to publish it anonymously sourced. By publishing it himself it is easier to submit as evidence.

— Julian Assange (@JulianAssange) July 11, 2017