Wikileaks Threatens to Sue CNN Over Assange Comments

WikiLeaks is threatening to sue CNN for defamation after a commentator called Julian Assange a "pedophile who lives in the Ecuadorian embassy in London." 

We have issued instructions to sue CNN for defamation:https://t.co/YLfyQ9ROCy

Unless within 48h they air a one hour expose of the plot.

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 4, 2017

The WikiLeaks tweet came after former CIA counterterrorism official Phil Mudd used the words to describe Assange on CNN'S New Day on Wednesday.

The WikiLeaks Task Force, in a related tweet, called Mudd's comments false and linked to a story posted by McClatchy newspapers' Washington bureau about attacks on Assange.

That particular story detailed how a dating website pushed unproven charges that Assange made contact with a young Canadian girl in the Bahamas through the internet with the intention of molesting her. It also raised questions whether the company sought to entangle him in a plan to receive $1 million from the Russian government.

CNN responded via Twitter: 

We've deleted a tweet that included a video clip from New Day earlier this morning. Here's our statement: pic.twitter.com/qJqTtzy69T

— New Day (@NewDay) January 4, 2017

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