# Assange seeks Trump's tax returns. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973 "2017-01-23T21:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/1 "2017-01-23T21:17:43Z")
Is Assange turning on Trump? > **[After broken promise, WikiLeaks seeks Donald Trump's tax returns](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/after-broken-promise-wikileaks-seeks-donald-trumps-tax-returns/)** > > Mr. Trump's failure to release his tax returns is "even more gratuitous than Clinton concealing her Goldman Sachs transcripts," the WikiLeaks Twitter account said > [@](#): > > Trump Counselor Kellyanne Conway stated today that Trump will not release his tax returns. Send them to: [https://wikileaks.org/#submit](https://t.co/cLRcuIiQXz) so we can. > > — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 22, 2017 Did Trump piss him off? Does he think that he can pressure Trump into giving him some sort of amnesty? Would he really release them if someone provided them, or is this just an attempt to quash the rumors that Assange has been working with Putin to help Trump? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/2 "2017-01-23T21:23:50Z")
Or maybe everything Assange does is all about Assange? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/3 "2017-01-23T21:42:04Z")
Why do you think Assange needs amnesty? Has he been charged with a crime by the Federal Government? Assange worked like hell to sink Hillary Clinton because he hates America, and he wanted Clinton to enter office as weakly as possible, so that the ability of the President to project power was limited. Except now Trump is in office, so of course he’s going to do everything in his power to undermine Trump. Expect right-wing public opinion to shift 180 degrees as the right-wing media changes their marching orders. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/4 "2017-01-23T21:44:23Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Is Assange turning on Trump? (post shortened) Tell the asshole Assange that the returns are currently available at any police station in Stockholm, Sweden. The secret password is - _My name is Assange, and I’m here to get what I deserve._ ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/5 "2017-01-23T21:46:56Z")
He has seen off the greater danger, and can now turn his attention to the secondary monster. He has little to lose, and is now more likely to live a year more. The world owes Snowden and Assange an enormous debt for unveiling the extent of universal surveillance. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/6 "2017-01-23T21:50:17Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Why do you think Assange needs amnesty? Has he been charged with a crime by the Federal Government? > > Assange worked like hell to sink Hillary Clinton because he hates America, and he wanted Clinton to enter office as weakly as possible, so that the ability of the President to project power was limited. Except now Trump is in office, so of course he’s going to do everything in his power to undermine Trump. > > Expect right-wing public opinion to shift 180 degrees as the right-wing media changes their marching orders. I don’t know that he needs anything. I never meant to imply that he does. The question is what’s in his mind, not mine. He may think that the US could come after him in some way. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/7 "2017-01-23T21:55:01Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Tell the asshole Assange that the returns are currently available at any police station in Stockholm, Sweden. The secret password is - _My name is Assange, and I’m here to get what I deserve._ Amazingly, I’m actually in agreement with \*\*doorhinge \*\* about something. Assange is an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assange-seeks-trumps-tax-returns/777973/8 "2017-01-23T21:56:28Z")
He already said he was on it, [back in August 2016](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/06/julian-assange-to-bill-maher-we-re-working-on-hacking-trump-s-tax-returns.html). Apparently, he hasn’t had much luck.