Donald Trump Jr. releases email communications with WikiLeaks from before election
Donald Trump Jr.
President Trumpâs eldest son  Donald Trump Jr.  corresponded with WikiLeaks before the 2016 presidential election  a dialogue of which the president's son confirmed Monday night on Twitter.
In a series of tweets   Trump Jr.  produced "the entire chain of messages with @wikileaks (with my whopping 3 responses) which one of the congressional committees has chosen to selectively leak. How ironic!"
The Atlantic first reported on Monday that  Trump Jr.  received a private message from the WikiLeaks Twitter account on September 20  2016 - a message shown in the tweets produced by the president's son.
 Trump Jr.  replied  "Off the record I donât know who that is  but Iâll ask around. Thanks."
In a seperate October 2016 exchange  WikiLeaks urged  Trump Jr.  to "comment on/push this story" about then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wanting to "just drone" Julian Assange  the Wikileaks founder.
"Already did that earlier today "  Trump Jr.  later replied. "Itâs amazing what  she  can get away with."
The messages obtained by The Atlantic were turned over to investigators by  Trump Jr. âs attorneys. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence had access to the documents  a source told Fox News.
"Over the last several months  we have worked cooperatively with each of the committees and have voluntarily turned over thousands of documents in response to their requests " Alan Futerfas  an attorney for  Trump Jr.   said in a statement.
According to the report  the messages are part of a long correspondence between WikiLeaks and  Trump Jr.   though  Trump Jr.  seemed to ignore many of the messages  including some which urged  him  to release "one or more of your father's tax returns."
President Trumpâs attorney Ty Cobb told Fox News on Monday that he was not aware that  Donald Trump Jr.âs  attorneys provided these documents to congressional investigators  but said there is likely no legal issue  from what  he  knows of the documents.
Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange tweeted about the report on Monday  saying that the organization couldn't "confirm" the messages with  Trump Jr. 
"WikiLeaks loves its pending publications and ignores those who ask for details " Assange continued. " Trump Jr.  was rebuffed just like Cambridge Analytica. In both cases WikiLeaks had publicly teased the publications. Thousands of people asked about them. WikiLeaks can be very effective at convincing even high profile people that it is their interest to promote links to its publications.
"WikiLeaks has such chutzpah that it allegedly tried to convince  Trump Jr  to leak  his  father's tax returns &  his  own "Russian lawyer meeting" emails ( he  did) " Assange wrote. "WikiLeaks appears to beguile some people into transparency by convincing them that it is in their interest."
This is not the first time that  Trump Jr.  has been in the spotlight  and has had  his  actions brought into question amid the larger probe into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates in the 2016 presidential election.
In June 2016   Trump Jr.  accepted a now-highly scrutinized meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya  after  he  allegedly was promised âdirtâ on Hillary Clinton. The meeting was brokered by music publicist Rob Goldstone who promised the campaign information. Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort  who was charged last month in Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs probe into Russian collusion  also attended the meeting.
[TGT] corresponded with WikiLeaks before the 2016 presidential election  a dialogue of which  [TGT]  confirmed Monday night on Twitter.
In a series of tweets   Trump Jr.  produced "the entire chain of messages with @wikileaks (with my whopping 3 responses) which one of the congressional committees has chosen to selectively leak. How ironic!"
The Atlantic first reported on Monday that  Trump Jr.  received a private message from the WikiLeaks Twitter account on September 20  2016 - a message shown in the tweets produced by  [TGT] .
 Trump Jr.  replied  "Off the record I donât know who that is  but Iâll ask around. Thanks."
In a seperate October 2016 exchange  WikiLeaks urged  Trump Jr.  to "comment on/push this story" about then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wanting to "just drone" Julian Assange  the Wikileaks founder.
"Already did that earlier today "  Trump Jr.  later replied. "Itâs amazing what  she  can get away with."
The messages obtained by The Atlantic were turned over to investigators by  Trump Jr. âs attorneys. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence had access to the documents  a source told Fox News.
"Over the last several months  we have worked cooperatively with each of the committees and have voluntarily turned over thousands of documents in response to their requests " Alan Futerfas  an attorney for  Trump Jr.   said in a statement.
According to the report  the messages are part of a long correspondence between WikiLeaks and  Trump Jr.   though  Trump Jr.  seemed to ignore many of the messages  including some which urged  him  to release "one or more of your father's tax returns."
President Trumpâs attorney Ty Cobb told Fox News on Monday that he was not aware that  Donald Trump Jr.âs  attorneys provided these documents to congressional investigators  but said there is likely no legal issue  from what  he  knows of the documents.
Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange tweeted about the report on Monday  saying that the organization couldn't "confirm" the messages with  Trump Jr. 
"WikiLeaks loves its pending publications and ignores those who ask for details " Assange continued. " Trump Jr.  was rebuffed just like Cambridge Analytica. In both cases WikiLeaks had publicly teased the publications. Thousands of people asked about them. WikiLeaks can be very effective at convincing even high profile people that it is their interest to promote links to its publications.
"WikiLeaks has such chutzpah that it allegedly tried to convince  Trump Jr  to leak  his  father's tax returns &  his  own "Russian lawyer meeting" emails ( he  did) " Assange wrote. "WikiLeaks appears to beguile some people into transparency by convincing them that it is in their interest."
This is not the first time that  Trump Jr.  has been in the spotlight  and has had  his  actions brought into question amid the larger probe into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates in the 2016 presidential election.
In June 2016   Trump Jr.  accepted a now-highly scrutinized meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya  after  he  allegedly was promised âdirtâ on Hillary Clinton. The meeting was brokered by music publicist Rob Goldstone who promised the campaign information. Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort  who was charged last month in Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs probe into Russian collusion  also attended the meeting.