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>Jokes aside, the only "connection" Bean has with that inquiry is one of association: not with Russia or Trump; but with WikiLeaks & Julian Assange.

I'm not sure I understand this sentence, Wikileaks, Julian Assange, Russia, and Trump would all be very clearly part of an investigation into whether Trump's campaign sought a foreign government's help in influencing a presidential election.

Am I missing something? I have no idea who this person on Twitter is or what their connection is with Wikileaks or Assange, i.e. did they donate once to Wikileaks in which case this seems crazy, or are they much more involved and thus their Google data would reasonably be included in any investigation into the matter? But it seems quite reasonable that if the latter is true that their data would be pulled for the Mueller investigation.




Well according to later tweets they went so far as to meet with Assange in person while he was holed up in the embassy. That's certainly a step beyond just vocally supporting him on Twitter, at least.


Ah, I didn't see that. Well then in that case this seems somewhat reasonable?


Enough to explain why data about his Google account might have been caught up in the investigation, perhaps.


Didn't the investigation end when the report was released?




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