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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPutin-puppet Assange just told Izvestia WikiLeaks has dirt on France's Macron, LePen's main opponent
Playing the same game they played here in the US.
Found via a tweet frosm John Schindler (@20committee) linking to this tweet from Joyce Karam:
Link to tweet
In a reply in that thread, Karam links to this Google-translated page showing the article in English:
https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=http://izvestia.ru/news/661960
Schindler blames the MSM for Assange's ability to do so much damage:
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Putin-puppet Assange just told Izvestia WikiLeaks has dirt on France's Macron, LePen's main opponent (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Feb 2017
OP
Dated 3rd Feb 00:01, so it may be this, in English language reports from 2nd Feb
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2017
#4
Hopefully this will finally dispel the notion that Assange is anything other than a Russian agent.
Snarkoleptic
Feb 2017
#5
randome
(34,845 posts)1. Because Assange is all about transparency, isn't he?
What a doofus. He has all the class and dignity of Trump himself.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)2. Kick.
shraby
(21,946 posts)3. When will that tactic become counter-productive?
It was seen to happen in the U.S. and the results were disastrous, are the French people going to fall for it too?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,146 posts)4. Dated 3rd Feb 00:01, so it may be this, in English language reports from 2nd Feb
WikiLeaks also focused on En Marche! leader Macron, highlighting an excerpt of a US State Department document apparently prepared for Hillary Clinton in 2012.
It describes him as a banker in mergers and acquisitions at Rothschild in Paris, adding that he previously worked at the general inspection of finances and could also become the top civil servant at the Finance Ministry.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikileaks-french-presidential-candidates-election-release-thousands-documents-frontrunners-marine-le-a7558941.html
It describes him as a banker in mergers and acquisitions at Rothschild in Paris, adding that he previously worked at the general inspection of finances and could also become the top civil servant at the Finance Ministry.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/wikileaks-french-presidential-candidates-election-release-thousands-documents-frontrunners-marine-le-a7558941.html
Yes, it really is that inconsequential. It says nothing more than his Wikipedia entry says. And all Wikileaks have to say is:
Link to tweet
It looks like either something was lost in translation from the Russian, or Assange is playing to his Russian constituency, trying to make himself look important.
Snarkoleptic
(5,995 posts)5. Hopefully this will finally dispel the notion that Assange is anything other than a Russian agent.
Here's a good interview of Amanpour getting after the Le Pen alt-reality.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)6. James Blond is at it again. nt