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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The pizzagate bullshit did not come directly from WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks published John Podesta's emails.

Then some conspiracy theorists made up a conspiracy theory that included made up stuff that they claimed was in the emails, but was not.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    WikiLeaks published them out of order, lacking context, and with clear intent to have them used as the basis for some kind of conspiracy theory. And they started publishing them literally 30 minutes after Trump's Access Hollywood "grab 'em by the pussy" tape came out: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/dec/18/john-podesta/its-true-wikileaks-dumped-podesta-emails-hour-afte/

    WikiLeaks made "pizzagate" happen, and is clearly a Russian asset.

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