WH: Trump Was ‘Making A Joke’ When He Cited Wikileaks Dozens Of Times In ’16

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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the somewhat ludicrous claim Sunday that President Donald Trump was “making a joke” by repeatedly citing documents published by Wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Following Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s arrest Thursday, Trump said “I know nothing about WikiLeaks, it’s not my thing.”

A quick look at the tape showed the dozens of times Trump mentioned Wikileaks work in speeches during the final weeks of his campaign — after the organization published thousands of emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta — as well as several tweets celebrating information gleaned from the emails.

“WikiLeaks, I love WikiLeaks,” Trump said on Oct. 10, 2016. At another event, he said the website was “like a treasure trove.”

“Clearly the President was making a joke during the 2016 campaign, certainly we take this serious,” Sanders told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace, adding later: “The President was making a joke during the campaign. He was talking about the specifics of the case at that moment.”

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  1. “The President was making a joke during the campaign. He was talking about the specifics of the case at that moment.”

  2. Here’s another joke: Donald Trump will die penniless in prison. Laugh yourself sick.

  3. I would like it better if it were his reality!

  4. “We are gaslighting you, what are you going to do about it?” Sanders slurred.

  5. “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the somewhat ludicrous claim Sunday that President Donald Trump was “making a joke” by repeatedly citing documents published by Wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign.”

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