> One of the most unfortunate things in the past 6 years is that support of Julian Assange and Wikileaks became a partisan issue purely because they exposed cor

> One of the most unfortunate things in the past 6 years is that support of Julian Assange and Wikileaks became a partisan issue purely because they exposed corruption in your favorite political party. This is because Wikileaks is objectively partisan. Do you recall the leaked conversations between Trump Jr and Wikileaks where they suggest coordinating a controlled "leak" of Trump's tax returns in order to bolster their own credibility? In wikileak's own words: "if we publish them it will dramatically improve the perception of our impartiality". This doesn't invalidate the content of the leaked e-mails, but it does demonstrate that their goals were partisan in nature.