Wikileaks has said that Ecuador cut off Julian Assange’s internet Saturday, shortly after publishing Hillary Clinton’s Goldman Sachs speeches. Assange’s organization revealed Tuesday that sources tell them United States Secretary of State John Kerry urged Ecuador to stop Wikileaks from publishing documents related to Clinton during a September meeting.
Wikileaks claimed that the request from Kerry to Ecuador came during negotiations in Colombia regarding the terrorist organization FARC.
State Department spokesman John Kirby denied Assange’s charge Tuesday. Kirby said that while the State Department has issues with Wikileaks, “Reports that Secretary Kerry had conversations with Ecuadorian officials about this are simply untrue. Period.”
U.S. President Barack Secretary of State John Kerry introduces U.S. President Barack Obama to speak at the Our Ocean Conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
BREAKING: Multiple US sources tell us John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop Assange from publishing Clinton docs during FARC peace negotiations.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 18, 2016
The John Kerry private meeting with Ecuador was made on the sidelines of the negotiations which took place pricipally on Sep 26 in Colombia.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 18, 2016
Wikileaks on Sunday signaled that they have documents related to both Ecuador and Kerry.
pre-commitment 1: John Kerry 4bb96075acadc3d80b5ac872874c3037a386f4f595fe99e687439aabd0219809
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 16, 2016
pre-commitment 2: Ecuador
eae5c9b064ed649ba468f0800abf8b56ae5cfe355b93b1ce90a1b92a48a9ab72— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) October 16, 2016