WikiLeaks tweets then deletes link to full text of Trump book
The organization temporarily circulated a link leading to a PDF of Michael Wolff's new book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."
"Fire and Fury" by Michael Wolff was dismissed by President Trump as "garbage."
WikiLeaks tweeted on Sunday and later deleted a link to Michael Wolff's book about US President Donald Trump's first year in office.
The link leads to a PDF stored in Google Drive, which includes the entire text of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," a new book about the president that Trump dismissed last week as a "pile of garbage."
WikiLeaks, which is infamous for publishing restricted documents, later deleted the tweet, but the damage was largely done. The link is now circulating widely across the internet and is still live at the time of writing.
Tweeting a link to a book that's already on sale around the world is an unusual move by the organization, and it's not clear how it fits in with with its mission. Some Twitter users interpreted the move as a pro-Trump statement. Encouraging people to read the pirated version of the book will result in fewer sales for author Michael Wolff, they argued.
Please don’t download Wikileaks’ pirating of Fire And Fury. Trump wants you to. Buy it instead.
— William Gibson (@GreatDismal) January 7, 2018
WikiLeaks did not immediately respond to request for comment. It did, however, defend itself on Twitter in response to one news story on the issue, saying: "WikiLeaks reports on leaks. Hint: it's in the name."
You literally just made this up, @IBTimes.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 8, 2018
"in order to reportedly undermine the surging sales"
As your even article makes clear:
"WikiLeaks has given no explanation for such a move."@WikiLeaks reports on leaks. Hint: It's in the name.