Donald Trump Jr. was privately communicating with WikiLeaks during the election

by Dramelin 7:30 PM 0 comments

President Donald Trump`s oldest son on Monday released a series of previously private messages he received from WikiLeaks and his responses.
Donald Trump Jr.
`s release of the messages on Twitter comes after The Atlantic first reported them.
In the exchanges, WikiLeaks asks Trump Jr.
to push its leaks and to release his father`s tax returns to the site.
The documents released by Trump Jr.
show him responding three times, at one point agreeing to "ask around" about a political action committee that WikiLeaks had mentioned.
He also asked the site about a rumor about an upcoming leak.
The messages released by Trump Jr.
began in September 2016 and run through July.
WikiLeaks released stolen e-mail messages from top Democrats during the campaign.
Democrats swiftly reacted to the Atlantic`s report, saying Trump Jr.
should provide more information.
Democratic congressman Adam Schiff said the report "demonstrates once again a willingness by the highest levels of the Trump campaign to accept foreign assistance.
" Vice President Mike Pence`s spokeswoman said he was unaware of Trump Jr.
`s contacts with WikiLeaks when he issued a denial that the Trump campaign was in cahoots with the hacking group.
Pence`s press secretary, Alyssa Farah, said the vice president "was never aware of anyone associated with the campaign being in contact with WikiLeaks.
He first learned of this news from a published report earlier tonight.
" Pence was asked about the campaign`s coordination with WikiLeaks in October 2016.
He said, "Nothing could be further from the truth.
" —CNBC contributed to this report.