Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort reportedly had multiple meetings with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his refuge inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, including during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
The Guardian reported that sources told them that Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015, and in the spring of 2016 - around the time Manafort joined the Trump campaign as its manager.
Manafort and Wikileaks denied the report, and Manafort's lawyers declined to answer the Guardian's questions.
WikiLeaks denied the report in a tweet, saying it "Is willing to bet the Guardian a million dollars and its editor's head that Manafort never met Assange."
Manafort is currently being held in jail in Virginia stemming from two federal cases brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller.
In September, Manafort took a plea deal in Washington and said he would cooperate with Mueller.
Trump responded to the Manafort news by lashing out at Mueller, and accusing him of being "a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue" on Twitter.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/paul-manafort-secretly-met-julian-assange-of-wikileaks-in-2013-2015-and-2016-report
The Guardian reported that sources told them that Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015, and in the spring of 2016 - around the time Manafort joined the Trump campaign as its manager.
Manafort and Wikileaks denied the report, and Manafort's lawyers declined to answer the Guardian's questions.
WikiLeaks denied the report in a tweet, saying it "Is willing to bet the Guardian a million dollars and its editor's head that Manafort never met Assange."
Manafort is currently being held in jail in Virginia stemming from two federal cases brought against him by special counsel Robert Mueller.
In September, Manafort took a plea deal in Washington and said he would cooperate with Mueller.
Trump responded to the Manafort news by lashing out at Mueller, and accusing him of being "a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue" on Twitter.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/paul-manafort-secretly-met-julian-assange-of-wikileaks-in-2013-2015-and-2016-report
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