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Julian Assange stated on April 12, 2010 in an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report":
"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
By Robert Farley• April 14, 2010
Jesse Watters stated on January 04, 2017 in an episode of Fox News' "Outnumbered":
Says John Podesta’s email password was "password." 
By Lauren Carroll• January 6, 2017
Newt Gingrich stated on May 21, 2017 in an episode of "Fox and Friends":
Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."
By Lauren Carroll• May 23, 2017
Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“They just exposed Mark Zuckerberg as a CIA agent.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 25, 2022
Reince Priebus stated on January 08, 2017 in an interview:
Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."
By Tom Kertscher• January 11, 2017
US Political stated on November 08, 2017 in a headline:
Donna Brazile knows Seth Rich was murdered by the Clintons
By Amy Sherman• November 15, 2017
Dana Rohrabacher stated on September 14, 2017 in a news article:
Democrats "setup" and "manipulated" the political violence in Charlottesville
By Chris Nichols• September 16, 2017
Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in comments during and after the 2016 presidential campaign:
On leaks and the release of secret information.
By Louis Jacobson• February 16, 2017
PatriotCrier.com stated on May 16, 2017 in an Internet post:
"(James) Comey knew murdered DNC staffer, Seth Rich, was WikiLeaks source & covered it up for Hillary (Clinton)."
By Joshua Gillin• May 26, 2017

Articles (12)

Is WikiLeaks Russia’s ‘useful idiot,’ its ‘agent of influence,’ or something else?

By John Kruzel• March 18, 2019

Mueller report aims to squash WikiLeaks Seth Rich conspiracy theory

By Jon Greenberg• April 18, 2019

We bring truthiness to 'The Colbert Report'

By Amy Hollyfield• April 15, 2010

What we know about Russia's role in the DNC email leak

By Lauren Carroll• July 31, 2016

Seth Rich: Separating fact and speculation

By Jon Greenberg• August 7, 2017

A fake in 140 characters: How not to get tripped up by hoax Twitter accounts

By Joshua Gillin• March 14, 2017

From Russia with love. Was Trump campaign in touch with foreign government?

By Linda Qiu• December 18, 2016

Three takeaways from the Senate hearing with Sally Yates, James Clapper

By Lauren Carroll• May 8, 2017

Fake news website starts as joke, gains 1 million views within 2 weeks

By Joshua Gillin• March 9, 2017

What Democrats said about Trump, collusion before Mueller report

By Jon Greenberg• March 25, 2019

The Russia investigation and Donald Trump: a timeline from on-the-record sources (updated)

By John Kruzel• July 16, 2018

How misinformation about Kobe Bryant’s death spread online

By Daniel Funke, Ciara O'Rourke• January 28, 2020