Donald Trump Jr. Messaged With Wikileaks During Campaign: Report

WASHINGTON, DC — Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, privately corresponded on many occasions with Wikileaks during the presidential campaign, according to a report Monday in The Atlantic.

The report is another major revelation in the ongoing investigation into contacts and potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, which U.S. intelligence agencies believe interfered in the 2016 presidential election. President Trump's own appointee, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, has called Wikileaks, which released stolen emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign staff and the Democratic National Committee, a "non-state hostile intelligence service."

Pompeo also noted that Wikileaks receives support from Russia, and the intelligence community has reported that the Kremlin used the organization as cover to influence the election.

Trump Jr.'s frequently ignored Wikileaks' messages, The Atlantic reports, but on several occasions he engaged with the sender and used the information provided. In one case, Trump Jr. tweeted out a link to stolen emails that Wikileaks had asked him to share just days earlier. Wikileaks also requested that Trump Jr. turn over his father's tax returns, or any other material likely to come out about the candidate, to bolster the organization's credibility.

The president, his son and other members of the campaign have frequently denied that there was any collusion or communication between them and Russia before the election. However, multiple news outlets have since documented several previously undisclosed contacts.

Read the full report at The Atlantic>>

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