Donald Trump’s eldest son exchanged a number of private messages with the whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks during last year’s presidential campaign, according to a report in The Atlantic.
It says Trump Jr exchanged Twitter direct messages with WikiLeaks between 20 September and 12 October 2016.
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