Steve Russell Battles Poppy Harlow: Why Do You Want to Report that Only Trump Wants to Leverage WikiLeaks
EXCERPT:
HARLOW: "That’s not the question I asked you. You just said Wikileaks is an enemy of America. Is the President taking political advantage of it, congressman?"
RUSSELL: "There is no evidence that he has done so. There is no evidence that he has acted in that manner."
HARLOW: "But he has applauded Wikileaks efforts. He applauded what Wikileaks has done."
RUSSELL: "Only the White House are trying to somehow leverage this information when —"
HARLOW: "I’m not."
RUSSELL: "They’ve not been helped or aided along by Assange and his organization."
HARLOW: "All right. It doesn’t seem like you’re going to answer this question. But let me ask you something —"
RUSSELL: "Well, there is no evidence to answer it clearly. We have to certainly have more evidence than what we see now."