Trump Campaign 'Showed Interest' In WikiLeaks Releases During 2016 Race - Mueller Report

Muhammad Irfan Published April 18, 2019 | 11:03 PM

The Trump campaign expressed interest in documents released by WikiLeaks during the 2016 race for president and stood in direct contact with the organization, the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed on Thursday

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 18th April, 2019) The Trump campaign expressed interest in documents released by WikiLeaks during the 2016 race for president and stood in direct contact with the organization, the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed on Thursday.

"The Trump campaign showed interest in the WikiLeaks releases," the report of Mueller's investigation into allegations of Trump-Russia collusion and Russian interference in the 2016 US election, said.

The report said that the US president's son, Donald Trump Jr., had direct electronic communications with WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign period.