WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a sophisticated computer programmer who helped release thousands of secret materials since his site's launch in the early 2000s, has been in hiding in London since 2012. The 47-year-old has repeatedly defended WikiLeaks as a transparent non-profit organization, saying the public has a right to know what's going on behind "closed doors." WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE ARRESTED AFTER ECUADOR WITHDRAWS ASYLUM“The burden should not shift to Mr. Assange to have to defend against criminal charges when what he has been accused of doing is what journalists do every day,” Barry Pollack, a Washington lawyer for Assange, said back in November. Trump then put Stone on speakerphone and Stone told him he had communicated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and that "within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage" Clinton's campaign, Cohen claimed. He has not been charged with conspiring with WikiLeaks and he vehemently denies he had any communication with Assange before the email dump.

Source: Fox News April 11, 2019 12:39 UTC