{"id":91781,"date":"2017-12-25T10:55:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T14:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=91781"},"modified":"2017-12-25T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T14:55:58","slug":"assanges-twitter-account-mysteriously-deleted-days-after-seth-rich-hint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=91781","title":{"rendered":"Assange&#8217;s Twitter Account Mysteriously Deleted, Days After Seth Rich Hint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Julian Assange&#8217;s Twitter account was mysteriously deleted on Christmas Eve, leaving perhaps the most important witness in the Trump-Russia investigation cut off from the rest of the world while he sits in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user237925\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/21\/AssangeTwitter_0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Attempting to access Assange&#8217;s Twitter account results in the following message:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user237925\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/21\/AssangeTWTR.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This page only appears when an account has been\u00a0deleted, not suspended &#8211; by either Twitter or the account owner.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t clear whether the account was suspended or deleted by Twitter or Assange himself &#8212; or why or for how long. Twitter wasn&#8217;t commenting<\/p>\n<p>This tweet by the WikiLeaks Task Force &#8211; an official WikiLeaks handle, suggested that people shouldn&#8217;t jump to conclusions, as &#8220;haters and conspiracy theorists rush to post the usual attention seeking rubbish,&#8221; before wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WLTaskForce\/status\/945187529455575041\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"2:00 AM - Dec 25, 2017\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"945187529455575041\" data-twitter-event-id=\"5\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WLTaskForce\/status\/945187529455575041\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 746px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 42.0912%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\n                    NaturalImage\n\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WLTaskForce\/status\/945187529455575041\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DR36l4QVQAAGWtN.jpg:small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"746\" height=\"314\" data-srcset=\"http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDR36l4QVQAAGWtN.jpg%3Alarge 746w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDR36l4QVQAAGWtN.jpg 746w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FDR36l4QVQAAGWtN.jpg%3Asmall 680w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded is-deciderHtmlWhitespace\" cite=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WLTaskForce\/status\/945187529455575041\" data-tweet-id=\"945187529455575041\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WLTaskForce\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"WikiLeaks Task Force (screen name: WLTaskForce)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/783042612567633920\/h8TFgu5V_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/783042612567633920\/h8TFgu5V_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/783042612567633920\/h8TFgu5V_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"WikiLeaks Task Force\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">WikiLeaks Task Force<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WLTaskForce\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"WikiLeaks Task Force (screen name: WLTaskForce)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@WLTaskForce\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@WLTaskForce<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"u-hiddenVisually js-inViewportScribingTarget\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Julian&#8217;s account disappears, so haters and conspiracy theorists rush to post the usual attention seeking rubbish. Ah, Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas, people.<a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.iamwikileaks.org\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/oCBOW2Tc5L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.iamwikileaks.org\/\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/www.<\/span>iamwikileaks.org<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\/\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WLTaskForce\/status\/945187529455575041\" data-datetime=\"2017-12-25T07:00:42+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: December 25, 2017 07:00:42 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2017-12-25T07:00:42+0000\">2:00 AM &#8211; Dec 25, 2017<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"Tweet-actions\" role=\"menu\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\" aria-label=\"Tweet actions\">\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--reply TweetAction-icon Icon--replyEdge\" title=\"Reply\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Reply\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--replyEdge web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?in_reply_to=945187529455575041\" data-scribe=\"element:reply\">\u00a0<span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:reply_count\" aria-hidden=\"true\">149<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">149 Replies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--retweet TweetAction-icon Icon--retweetEdge\" title=\"Retweet\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--retweetEdge web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=945187529455575041\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet\">\u00a0<span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet_count\" aria-hidden=\"true\">672<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">672 Retweets<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heart TweetAction-icon Icon--heartEdge\" title=\"Like\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Like\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--heartEdge web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=945187529455575041\" data-scribe=\"element:heart\">\u00a0<span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\" aria-hidden=\"true\">886<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">886 likes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle--top tweet-InformationCircle--topEdge tweet-InformationCircle\" data-scribe=\"element:notice\"><a class=\"Icon Icon--informationCircleWhite js-inViewportScribingTarget\" title=\"Twitter Ads info and privacy\" href=\"http:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175256\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The official Wikileaks Twitter account was still live but wasn&#8217;t mentioning the Assange account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/julian-assanges-official-twitter-account-not-appearing-wikileaks\/\">According to CBS<\/a>, an account purporting to be an alternative Assange account was claiming\u00a0<strong>Twitter had deleted his official one ahead of a blockbuster story he&#8217;s preparing to break. There was no confirmation that Assange was authoring that alternative account &#8212; and that account has now been suspended by Twitter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Journalist Charles Johnson &#8211; who traveled with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) to London to meet with Assange in August,\u00a0posted the following on Facebook after Assange&#8217;s Twitter account went down:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcharles.c.johnson%2Fposts%2F10210567617286818&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"197\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, on December 1, WikiLeaks&#8217; official account tweeted &#8220;Merry Christmas from @WikiLeaks&#8221; with an embedded video referencing perpetual war, and the hashtags #Yemen #Libya #Iraq #Syria #Pakistan #Afghanistan #Somalia #Ukraine<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Merry Christmas from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WikiLeaks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lmsmphuH2N\">https:\/\/t.co\/lmsmphuH2N<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cGRnpjx6O8\">https:\/\/t.co\/cGRnpjx6O8<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PkYqIcOZJW\">https:\/\/t.co\/PkYqIcOZJW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yemen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yemen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Libya?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Libya<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iraq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Syria<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pakistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pakistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Somalia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Somalia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/936595985274425344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some have suggested that the events are part of some Christmas-linked plan, although so far there has been no confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>The account deletion comes on the heels of a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-20\/wikileaks-lawyers-office-stormed-professional-operation-assange-then-tweets-video-se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">break-in last\u00a0Monday<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0the Madrid office of WikiLeaks lawyer Baltasar Garzon&#8217;s, in what police described as a &#8220;very professional&#8221; operation. Garzon told\u00a0<em>El Periodico\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Ser<\/em>\u00a0magazine\u00a0<strong>&#8220;They had not taken what they have been looking for,&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>and client security &#8220;<strong>has not been affected,<\/strong>&#8221; however police are analyzing his computer equipment to determine whether any files were taken or copied.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the break-in, Julian Assange published a tweet calling a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iS28bNfiuA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Dore video<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Brilliant&#8221; &#8211; prominently featuring Assange&#8217;s interview with a Dutch television host in which the WikiLeaks founder strongly implies that slain DNC IT staffer Seth Rich was the source of emails published by WikiLeaks during the 2016 election.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/iS28bNfiuA4?t=21m30s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assange clip at 21:30<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user237925\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/21\/AssangeBrilliant.jpg\" width=\"501\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the clip, Assange can be seen nodding his head in response to a question about Rich:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user237925\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/21\/dorevid_0.PNG\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In August, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher travelled to London with journalist Charles Johnson for a meeting with Assange, where Rohrabacher\u00a0said the WikiLeaks founder offered &#8220;firsthand&#8221; information proving that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia, and which would refute the Russian hacking theory.<\/p>\n<p>Rohrabacher brought that message back to Trump&#8217;s Chief of Staff, John Kelly, to propose a deal. In exchange for a presidential pardon,\u00a0<strong>Assange would share evidence that would refute the Russian hacking theory\u00a0<\/strong>by proving they weren&#8217;t the source of the emails, according to the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/gop-congressman-sought-trump-deal-on-wikileaks-russia-1505509918?tesla=y&amp;mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSJ<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe possible \u201cdeal\u201d<\/strong>\u2014a term used by Mr. Rohrabacher during the Wednesday phone call\u2014<strong>would involve a pardon of Mr. Assange or \u201csomething like that,<\/strong>\u201d Mr. Rohrabacher said.<strong>\u00a0In exchange, Mr. Assange would probably present a computer drive or other data-storage device that Mr. Rohrabacher said would exonerate Russia in the long-running controversy about who was the source of hacked and stolen material aimed at embarrassing the Democratic Party during the 2016 election.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He would get nothing, obviously, if what he gave us was not proof,\u2019 Mr. Rohrabacher said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When Trump was asked in late September about the Assange proposal,\u00a0<strong>he responded that he&#8217;d &#8220;never heard&#8221; of it<\/strong>, causing Rohrabacher to unleash on John Kelly, who he blamed for blocking the proposal from reaching the President, Rohrabacher told the\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/09\/26\/white-house-aides-are-stopping-deal-with-assange-congressman-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a>:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think the president\u2019s answer indicates that\u00a0<strong>there is a wall around him that is being created by people who do not want to expose this fraud<\/strong>\u00a0that there was collusion between our intelligence community and the leaders of the Democratic Party,\u201d Rohrabacher told The Daily Caller Tuesday in a phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>This would have to be a cooperative effort between his own staff and the leadership in the intelligence communities to try to prevent the president from making the decision as to whether or not he wants to take the steps necessary to expose this horrendous lie that was shoved down the American people\u2019s throats<\/strong>\u00a0so incredibly earlier this year,\u201d Rohrabacher said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Contributing to the notion of deep-state interference, CIA director Mike Pompeo referred to WikiLeaks as a &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-04-13\/cia-director-accuses-wikileaks-being-non-state-hostile-intelligence-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostile intelligence service<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; in April, calling Julian Assange &#8220;<strong>a fraud, a coward hiding behind a screen<\/strong>&#8221; for exposing information about democratic governments rather than authoritarian regimes. This quite the ironic statement, considering\u00a0<strong>Pompeo\u00a0used leaked emails from WikiLeaks as proof &#8220;the fix was in&#8221; against President Trump.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Pompeo was sharing Wikileaks documents on his Congressional Twitter account less than a year ago <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cl5P6vnXSE\">pic.twitter.com\/cl5P6vnXSE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jessica Schulberg (@jessicaschulb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaschulb\/status\/852608403566448641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s also not forget Donald Trump proclaiming &#8220;I Love Wikileaks!&#8221; less than a month before the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid4101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mUtT0b0EnSw\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So Julian Assange &#8211; ostensibly the most important witness in the Russia hacking investigation, offered to prove that Russia was not the source of the leaked emails in exchange for a pardon. This\u00a0proposition was conveyed\u00a0through Rep. Dana Rohrabacher to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, who Rohrabacher says\u00a0never allowed the deal to reach Trump for consideration.\u00a0 Months later, WikiLeaks attorney Baltasar Garzon&#8217;s office was raided in a &#8220;very professional&#8221; operation which is being labeled an attempted robbery. Hours after the break-in, Julian Assange tweets a Jimmy Dore video containing his own\u00a0<em>strong implication<\/em>\u00a0that Seth Rich was the source of the leaked emails,\u00a0<strong>and\u00a0six days later his Twitter account is gone.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That said, tweets directly from the WikiLeaks urge not to jump to conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>Assange&#8217;s account deletion also comes on the heels of several new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-18\/todays-day-twitter-start-purging-users-and-prevent-certain-content-trending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter rules<\/a>\u00a0rolled out on December 18, which many feared was the beginning of a &#8220;purge&#8221; of conservative accounts over user behavior both on and off the platform. The rules are aimed at people who associate with hate groups that &#8220;use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes&#8221; &#8211; however nothing Assange has done comes close to fitting that description.<\/p>\n<p>So did Julian Assange delete his Twitter account &#8211; and if so, why? Was this yet another rogue Twitter employee lashing out on their last day, as was the case with President Trump&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-11-02\/trumps-twitter-account-disappeaers-10-minutes-and-media-loses-its-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporary account deletion<\/a>\u00a0in early November? Or did Twitter delete the account of one of the most important figures in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-25\/julian-assange-twitter-account-mysteriously-goes-dark-days-after-seth-rich-hint\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-25\/julian-assange-twitter-account-mysteriously-goes-dark-days-after-seth-rich-hint<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}