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'It is amazing that I even have to ask this question': Top Republican senator asks Sessions if he thinks Assange broke the law

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday asking if the Department of Justice believes Julian Assange broke the law.

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WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of documents that it said detailed the hacking tools and techniques used by the CIA for foreign espionage in what appears to be the largest leak of CIA documents in history.

Trump invoked WikiLeaks dozens of times on the campaign trail, often reading portions of the stolen and leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee and from Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta.

"I love WikiLeaks,"he told listeners during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in October. "It's amazing how nothing is secret today when you talk about the internet."

The DOJ did not immediately respond to request for comment.

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