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Donald Trump Jr. communicated with WikiLeaks during 2016 campaign, sources say - ABC News

posted onNovember 14, 2017
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Article snippet: Sources with direct knowledge confirm to ABC News that WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign via private message on Twitter. The sources confirm to ABC News that WikiLeaks made contact with Trump Jr. in late September 2016 and continued into the first half of this year. One source says the conversations were heavy in one direction with WikiLeaks sending many messages to Trump Jr. and the president’s son responding on a limited basis, often ignoring them. A source close to Trump Jr. tells ABC News they believe after WikiLeaks’ initial message to him, he did send an email to campaign officials including The Atlantic. On Monday night, after initial reports of his communications with WikiLeaks surfaced, Trump Jr. tweeted out what he said were screenshots of the exchanges with WikiLeaks over Twitter's direct message system. Sources also confirm to ABC News that Trump Jr. has turned over his correspondence with WikiLeaks to congressional investigators -- on the House Intelligence Committee and Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees -- as part of the ongoing Russia investigations on Capitol Hill, and to special counsel Robert Mueller's team. Alan Futerfas, Trump Jr.’s lawyer, said in a statement to ABC News that his client has cooperated with the various congressional committee investigations. "Over the last several months, we have worked cooperatively with each of the committees and have voluntarily turned over thousands of documents in respo... Link to the full article to read more

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