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Trump Jr., Assange Strike Back at Leaked, 'Edited' Emails

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (AP)

By Greg Richter | Monday, 13 November 2017 10:37 PM EST

Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fired back at a report by The Atlantic on Monday that WikiLeaks sent private messages to Trump Jr. via Twitter during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump Jr.'s response was simple: He tweeted out screenshots of the entire exchange, noting he responded only three times.

Here is the entire chain of messages with @wikileaks (with my whopping 3 responses) which one of the congressional committees has chosen to selectively leak. How ironic! 1/3 pic.twitter.com/SiwTqWtykA
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 14, 2017

2/3 pic.twitter.com/b1B9PBGl5t
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 14, 2017

3/3 pic.twitter.com/5FdeNrbg02
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 14, 2017

Assange would not verify the direct messages, but noted the full release of them by Trump Jr. showed the meaning was different than the "edited" versions released by The Atlantic.

I cannot confirm the alleged DM's from @DonaldJTrumpJr to @WikiLeaks. @WikiLeaks does not keep such records and the Atlantic's presentation is edited and clearly does not have the full context. However, even those published by the Atlantic show that: 1/
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) November 13, 2017

WikiLeaks loves its pending publications and ignores those who ask for details. Trump Jr. was rebuffed just like Cambridge Analytica. In both cases WikiLeaks had publicly teased the publications. Thousands of people asked about them. 2/
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) November 13, 2017

WikiLeaks can be very effective at convincing even high profile people that it is their interest to promote links to its publications. 3/
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) November 13, 2017

WikiLeaks has such chutzpah that it allegedly tried to convince Trump Jr to leak his father's tax returns & his own "Russian lawyer meeting" emails (he did). WikiLeaks appears to beguile some people into transparency by convincing them that it is in their interest. 4/
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) November 14, 2017

Finally, I tweeted this, publicly, back in July. #hysteriverse https://t.co/hvF23nm8VA
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) November 14, 2017

Incredible. The Atlantic edited "Trump Jr" DM story to reverse its meaning even removing "that the Clinton campaign is constantly slandering us with" right after "pro-Russia". Full text changes everything. https://t.co/8pNUF1xW23
— Julian Assange 🔹 (@JulianAssange) November 14, 2017

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