Posted on 11/28/2018 9:37:28 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Embattled former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort says that he has never met privately with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and is threatening to sue the Guardian for reporting that he has.
Citing a “well-placed source,” the Guardian reported Tuesday that Manafort met with Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2013, 2015, and again in the spring of 2016, soon after he became a senior member of the Trump campaign. The report further suggested that the alleged meeting will be of interest to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether any members of the Trump campaign helped to coordinate the release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails by WikiLeaks. However, the report stipulates that “it is unclear why Manafort would have wanted to see Assange and what was discussed.”
“This story is totally false and deliberately libelous. I have never met Julian Assange or anyone connected to him. I have never been contacted by anyone connected to WikiLeaks, either directly or indirectly,” read a statement provided to National Review by Manafort’s spokesman.“I have never reached out to Assange or WikiLeaks on any matter. We are considering all legal options against the Guardian who proceeded with this story even after being notified by my representatives that it was false.”
WikiLeaks also questioned the veracity of the Guardian’s reporting in a Tuesday tweet.
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The Guardian edited their piece to say Manafort “MAY” have met with Assange
They are flat out liars
The source was Bond, James Bond. He was on the corner on all three occasions...waiting for “M” to arrive and have a drink with her. ‘M’ blabbed this to the London newspapers.
Given that the supposed meeting was at the embassy there would be existing and accessible videos of Manafort entering the embassy. There would be Ecuadorian videos and British videos and perhaps CIA videos. Mueller’s claims are all meaningless without producing such video.
Exactly, with all CCTV camera’s in London there would be footage. Add into that MI5, MI6, CIA, Russian FSB, etc. would be watching anything and everything coming out of that embassy, no way that could be kept secret. Also it would have already been leaked if it happened.
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