Julian Assange Calls President Trump Out for Anti-Leak Rhetoric

“The press should never appologise [sic] for publishing true information,” Julian Assange tweeted.

The message was in response to a Trump tweet sent out early on Thursday morning, in which he wrote:

“Leaking, and even illegal classified leaking, has been a big problem in Washington for years. Failing @nytimes (and others) must apologize!” 

On Tuesday, the New York Times published a story – citing “four current and former American officials,” whose names were not given – which claimed that “members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election.”