https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ks-fails-to-come-through-on-october-surprise/ Trump backers realize they’ve been played as WikiLeaks fails to deliver October surprise LONDON — The expectations were breathless. For weeks, backers of Republican nominee Donald Trump hyped the tantalizing possibility that the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks was on the verge of publishing a set of documents that would doom Hillary Clinton’s chances in November. “@HillaryClinton is done,” longtime Trump associate Roger Stone tweeted Saturday. “#Wikileaks.” The group’s founder, Julian Assange, did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm, suggesting to Fox News hosts that his scoops could upend the race with documents “associated with the election campaign, some quite unexpected angles, some quite interesting.” [Julian Assange won’t say whether a foreign government was involved in DNC email leak] The announcement by WikiLeaks that it would host a major news conference Tuesday only seemed to confirm that the bombshell was ready to burst. The pro-Trump, anti-Clinton media world rippled with fevered speculation. But if an October surprise about the Democratic nominee really is coming, it will have to wait a little longer. Over the course of two hours on Tuesday — with the world’s media and bleary-eyed Trump die-hards across the United States tuning in — Assange and other WikiLeaks officials railed against “neo-McCarthyist hysteria,” blasted the mainstream media, appealed for donations and plugged their books (“40 percent off!”). [Trump may like these remarks made by Putin about the U.S.] But what they didn’t do was provide any new information about Clinton — or about anything else, really. The much-vaunted news conference, as it turned out, was little more than an extended infomercial for WikiLeaks on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of its founding. Assange, whose group released a trove of hacked Democratic National Committee documents on the eve of the party’s convention this summer, breezily dismissed the idea that anyone should have expected any news at his news conference. [Snowden and WikiLeaks clash over leaked Democratic Party emails] “If we are going to make a major publication about the U.S., we wouldn't do it at 3 a.m.," Assange said at one point, referring to the Eastern daylight start time for the event. That didn’t go over well with Trump backers who had stayed up through the night, thinking they’d be watching live the unveiling of the death blow to the Clinton campaign. Assange, as it turns out, had taken a page from Trump’s own playbook by drawing an audience with a tease, only to leave those tuning in feeling that they’d been tricked. Infowars, the pro-Trump and virulently anti-Clinton media vehicle launched by Texas radio host Alex Jones, had touted the WikiLeaks news conference as “historic” and promised that “the Clintons will be devastated.” Before Assange took the stage, Jones — who broadcast through the wee hours of the American morning — told viewers and listeners that he was so excited he was worried his heart couldn't stand it. But by the end, Jones realized he’d been played — or in his words, “#wikirolled.” He wasn’t the only one. Sleep-deprived Trump backers and Hillary-haters all across the country took to Twitter to convey their displeasure. But perhaps those waiting for an October surprise shouldn’t lose all hope just yet. Or at least that was the message from Assange, who spoke via video link from the Ecuadoran Embassy in London, where he has been holed up for four years as Swedish authorities seek his extradition over sexual assault allegations. He promised to reveal documents every week for the next 10. He said some will have a direct bearing on the U.S. election. “We think they’re significant,” he coyly informed his worldwide audience. But what will they reveal? And when will they come? Assange wouldn’t say. Karla Adam contributed to this report. " type="text"> What Donald Trump is doing on the campaign trail View Photos The GOP presidential nominee is out on the trail ahead of the general election in November.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/10/0...ight-says-wikileaks-will-publish-presidential No 'October Surprise' from Assange, Says WikiLeaks Will Publish Presidential Election Docs 'Every Week for Next 10 Weeks' Published October 4, 2016 Published October 04, 2016 | FoxNews.com WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced Tuesday that his website will publish information regarding the presidential election “every week for the next 10 weeks.” Although Assange didn’t release the highly anticipated “October Surprise” for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, he did preview some of the leaks that he will be publishing. He said he would publish documents regarding at least three governments before the end of the year. “The documents themselves are revealing, but also the government/state reactions to the releases are revealing also,” he said. Assange denied that he was specifically targeting Clinton with his document dumps, insisting that some of his statements have been misconstrued. He added that WikiLeaks will publish leaked documents on war, oil, Google and mass surveillance in addition to the U.S. election. Assange also announced changes in its funding and organization. He called upon readers to donate to WikiLeaks and urged his followers to join the WikiLeaks Task Force to help defend the whistleblowing website.
While Trump supporters slowly come to terms of being played by Assange , the Times is said to release more on Trump. October Surprise: New York Times Reporter Hints She Has More Trump Tax Documents The author of a stunning New York Times report on Trump's tax returns suggested on Sunday that more bombshell stories could be coming in the near future. Over the weekend, the Times reported that a $916 million loss declared on Trump's 1995 tax returns could have allowed the billionaire to avoid paying federal income taxes for nearly two decades. Speaking to CNN's Brian Stelter on Sunday, Times reporter Susanne Craig explained how Trump's former accountant was able to verify tax documents that had been provided by an anonymous source. Stelter noted that Fox News had accused the Times of trying to "take down Donald Trump" with shoddy reporting. "He's running for president and whether or not he's paid taxes or not, it's an incredibly important issue," Craig explained. "I think it's called reporting. It's as simple as that." "Are you sitting on more documents?" Stelter wondered. "We're doing a lot of reporting," Craig stated somewhat guardedly. "That's a yes," Stelter pressed. "You have more documents besides the three." "That may be a no comment," Craig replied.