Wikileaks denies it's trying to hack Trump's tax documents
According to a recent tweet, Wikileaks seems to no long be "working on" hacking Donald Trump's tax returns.
This announcement was made after, John Assange, the site's founder and editor-in-chief appeared on "Real Time" with Bill Maher on Friday. During his video interview with the host, he was asked why the site has chosen not to look into Trump's tax return allegations. To which he replied, "Well, we're working on it.
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Well, apparently, Assange's statement was a joke. At least that what the site's Twitter account accredited his comment as.
Wikileaks said:
WikiLeaks isn't 'working on' hacking Trump's tax-returns. Claim is a joke from a comedy show. We are 'working on' encouraging whistleblowers
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) August 6, 2016
Watch the video above of the full interview clip.
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