On Saturday, October 1, 2016, Trump’s confidant Roger Stone had tweeted: “Wednesday@HillaryClinton is done. #Wikileaks.”16 On Tuesday, October 4, WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, posted a video announcement to preview his “October surprise.” The Drudge Report bannered an openmouthed photo of Hillary Clinton headlined “ASSANGE COMES FOR HER WIKILEAKS DANGER.”
