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Guy Whitey Corngood

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Tue Nov 27, 2018, 10:39 AM Nov 2018

Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and visited around the time he joined Trump’s campaign, the Guardian has been told.

Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 – during the period when he was made a key figure in Trump’s push for the White House.

It is unclear why Manafort wanted to see Assange and what was discussed. But the last meeting is likely to come under scrutiny and could interest Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor who is investigating alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

A well-placed source has told the Guardian that Manafort went to see Assange around March 2016. Months later WikiLeaksreleased a stash of Democratic emails stolen by Russian intelligence officers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-held-secret-talks-with-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy

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Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy (Original Post) Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2018 OP
Wonder if this leaked out of that court filing mentioning charges v Assange Roland99 Nov 2018 #1
Of course he did. octoberlib Nov 2018 #2
Lock them up! malaise Nov 2018 #3
HA HA HA HA HA HA! manor321 Nov 2018 #4
The links tie back to trump org efforts in 2013! Roland99 Nov 2018 #5
2016 was the product of an international criminal conspiracy. nt Maven Nov 2018 #6
Indeed! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2018 #7
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