Mueller on Trump’s praise of WikiLeaks: ‘Problematic is an understatement’

Published July 24, 2019 8:00pm ET



Robert Mueller painted President Trump’s repeated praise of WikiLeaks as beyond problematic during his testimony Wednesday.

The former special counsel passed judgment during his appearance before the House Intelligence Committee. Rep. Mike Quigley, a Democrat from Illinois, read him a series of statements in which Trump expressed his “love” for WikiLeaks, the organization that released damaging information about Hillary Clinton at opportune moments for the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential contest.

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