Trump just said he 'knows nothing about Wikileaks.' During the last month of the 2016 race, he mentioned it 145 times.

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President Trump is back with another blatantly obvious lie.

On Wednesday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested after Ecuador revoked an asylum claim that let him live in its London embassy. The U.S. Department of Justice then charged Assange with conspiracy to hack Pentagon computers, prompting a reporter to ask Trump if he "still love[s] Wikileaks." "I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It's not my thing," Trump responded — a confusing statement given that he'd repeatedly declared his love for the site during his 2016 campaign.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.