October 4, 2016
Julian Assange gives web announcement on the 10th anniversary of Wikileaks claiming they would be releasing millions of documents on Hillary Clinton before the end of the year.[i]
Steve Bannon and Roger Stone exchange email about the Assange conference. Bannon said, “What was that this morning??” Stone replied, “Fear. Serious security concern. He thinks they are going to kill him and the London police are standing done [sic]. However-a load every week going forward.” Bannon replied, “He didn’t cut deal w/Clintons???”[ii]
[i] Shalal, Andrea, Reuters, “Wikileaks’ Assange signals release of documents before U.S. election” October 4, 2016, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-sweden-assange-idUSKCN1240UG
[ii] Schmidt, Michael, Mazzetti, Mark, Haberman, Maggie, LaFraniere, Sharon, New York Times, “Read the emails:The Trump Campaign and Roger Stone”, November 1, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/us/politics/wikileaks-roger-stone-trump.html