Hillary and Bill Clinton took the stage at New York City's Beacon Theater as part of their ongoing speaking tour on Thursday, just hours after the dramatic arrest of Julian Assange -- the founder of the organization WikiLeaks that published damaging emails stolen from her campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2016.
And, while the former first lady technically made good on her promise earlier in the day not to mention President Trump by name, she revealed while unloading on Assange that her 2016 rival was still very much on her mind.
"It's clear from the indictment that came out that it's not about punishing journalism," she told attendees and moderator Paul Begala, referring to the Assange case. "It's about assisting the hacking of the military computers, sealed information from the United States government. And, look, I'll wait and see what happens with the charges and how it proceeds, but he skipped bail in the U.K., in Sweden had those [rape] charges which have been dropped in the last several years. But, the bottom line is that he has to answer for what he's done, as has been charged."
She then added, to the apparent delight of both the audience and a guffawing Begala: "I do think it's ironic that he may be the only foreigner that this administration would welcome to the U.S."
Separately, the Clintons reacted to the news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently had won a fifth term in office.
A newly unearthed, secretive batch of classified and sensitive emails from Clinton's personal email server showed that the former secretary of state discussed establishing a "private, 100% off-the-record" back channel with Netanyahu, and that one of her top aides warned her that she was in "danger" of being "savaged by Jewish organizations, in the Jewish press and among the phalanx of neoconservative media" as a result of political machinations by "Bibi and the Jewish leadership."
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srayzie ago
See how awesome it would be to have him testify @Julzee2?
julzee2 ago
Hell yeah @srayzie! Damn too many shows goin on man...lol Got another one breaking out re: 2020 contender against Trump. Bill Weld just threw his hat into the ring. An extreme never Trumper https://voat.co/v/QRV/3161439
srayzie ago
It’s been busy! I love it! So much is going on and we’re having more shills of course. They are good for something. It clues us in on when we’re over the target!
julzee2 ago
Omg I honestly can't keep up. This cathedral fire is really pissing me off. Churches burning down all over France and "reporters" are more concerned with calling people conspiracy therorists than they are connecting the dots. It's disgusting!
srayzie ago
I wish I had a quarter for every time the news said the term conspiracy! Lol