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Trump used to say ' I love WikiLeaks,' but after Assange’s arrest he said ‘I know nothing about WikiLeaks’

Washington • President Donald Trump, who repeatedly praised WikiLeaks for releasing damaging material on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential race, on Thursday sought to disavow his past enthusiasm following the arrest of the organization’s founder, Julian Assange.

"I know nothing about WikiLeaks," Trump told reporters. "It's not my thing. I know there is something to do with Julian Assange. I've been seeing what's happened with Assange. And that will be a determination, I imagine, mostly by the attorney general."

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Trump said he didn't "really have an opinion" about Assange's arrest by British authorities in response to a U.