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EXCLUSIVE: Julian Assange really thought he was messaging Sean Hannity when he offered up news on the leading Democrat investigating Trump-Russia.
Link to tweet
Julian Assange Thought He Was Messaging Sean Hannity When He Offered News on Democrat Investigating Trump-Russia
The head of Wikileaks told @SeanHannity__ to seek other channels for information on Sen. Mark Warner. Turns out @SeanHannity__ was a woman in Texas.
At about 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, a couple hours after she started pretending to be Sean Hannity, Dell Gilliam says she got a direct message back from the head of Wikileaks, Julian Assange. Thats when she said she kind of panicked.
I felt bad. He really thought he was talking to Sean Hannity, said Gilliam.
Gilliam, a technical writer from Texas, was bored with the flu when she created @SeanHannity__ early Saturday morning. The Fox News real account was temporarily deleted after cryptically tweeting the phrase Form Submission 1649 | #Hannity on Friday night. Twitter said the account had been briefly compromised, according to a statement provided to The Daily Beast, and was back up on Sunday morning.
When Gilliam made the account, she did not expect to be setting up a meeting over other channels for Assange to send some news about Warner, an apparent reference to Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.
More and worth the read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/julian-assange-thought-he-was-messaging-sean-hannity-when-he-offered-news-on-democrat-investigating-trump-russia?ref=home
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Julian Assange really thought he was messaging Sean Hannity when he offered up news on Sen. Warner (Original Post)
MelissaB
Jan 2018
OP
John Schindler has said Hannity is a traitor for as long as I've been reading him.
MelissaB
Jan 2018
#4
struggle4progress
(118,281 posts)1. Julian is an Ass***e
Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)8. And stupid
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)2. Another snip
Citing mysterious sources and to-be-revealed bombshells, Hannity has been alleging he will unveil the biggest scandal in American history for weeks on his primetime Fox News show that has devolved into mostly a recitation of conspiracy theories about a secret society and the deep state.
Both Hannity and Assanges Wikileaks have pushed similar document drops and hashtag campaigns since before the 2016 election, most recently the push to release a confidential memo about government spying under the hashtag #releasethememo. Last year, Hannity even invited Assange to guest host his radio program. Both participated in baseless speculation about the murder of former DNC staffer Seth Rich, which Hannity later dropped after advertisers dropped his program.
Both Hannity and Assanges Wikileaks have pushed similar document drops and hashtag campaigns since before the 2016 election, most recently the push to release a confidential memo about government spying under the hashtag #releasethememo. Last year, Hannity even invited Assange to guest host his radio program. Both participated in baseless speculation about the murder of former DNC staffer Seth Rich, which Hannity later dropped after advertisers dropped his program.
wishstar
(5,268 posts)3. Interesting nt
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)4. John Schindler has said Hannity is a traitor for as long as I've been reading him.
Hannity is a traitor. FBI/IC know it.
Now everybody else does too.
Wonder what else Sean & Julian have plotted?
Now everybody else does too.
Wonder what else Sean & Julian have plotted?
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underpants
(182,787 posts)5. Dirt on Warner?
Anything is possible but I highly doubt it.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)6. Seriously, sometimes it pays to be milquetoast...
This is one of those times.
Initech
(100,065 posts)7. Epic fail!!!!