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Julian Assange: I urged Trump Jr to publish Russia emails via WikiLeaks

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Look who decided to crawl out of his bolt hole

Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder, has claimed that he contacted Donald Trump Jr and tried to persuade him to publish emails showing he was eager to accept sensitive information about Hillary Clinton via the anti-secrecy website.

Instead, the US president’s eldest son did so via Twitter, igniting a firestorm of criticism around his apparent willingness to work with the Russian government against his father’s Democratic rival.

“Contacted Trump Jr this morning on why he should publish his emails (i.e with us),” tweeted Assange, who is based at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. “Two hours later, does it himself.”

Asked by another Twitter user to explain, Assange elaborated: “I argued that his enemies have it – so why not the public? His enemies will just milk isolated phrases for weeks or months ... with their own context, spin and according to their own strategic timetable. Better to be transparent and have the full context ... but would have been safer for us to publish it anonymously sourced. By publishing it himself it is easier to submit as evidence.”

It was not clear whether Assange’s use of the word “enemies” was the reference to the media or political rivals.

The Australian added: “He’s surely had advice and/or is confident on the facts. I’d argue that even the completely innocent need @WikiLeaks.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jul/11/julian-assange-donald-trump-jr-wikileaks?CMP=fb_us

Why did Assange bother to contact trump Jr ?
 
Assange's tweet was kinda odd, till I translated it:

Julian Assange said:
Hey everybody, look at me, look at me! I am still relevant! Look at me! Over here!
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