Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Donald Trump (R). (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

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Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Donald Trump (R).
 
WikiLeaks did not respond to Trump Jr.'s question, and it ultimately published the first batch of hacked emails belonging to Podesta on Friday, October 7.
At a campaign rally three days later, Trump said he loved WikiLeaks. "It's amazing how nothing is secret today when you talk about the internet," he told the crowd.
He also tweeted about WikiLeaks on October 11, writing, "I hope people are looking at the disgraceful behavior of Hillary Clinton as exposed by WikiLeaks. She is unfit to run."
WikiLeaks then reached out to Trump Jr. on October 12, telling him that it was "great" to see him and Trump "talking about our publications." It also "strongly" suggested that Trump tweet out the link wlsearch.tk — which he did, two days later — claiming the site would help people search through the hacked documents. WikiLeaks also told Trump Jr. it had just released another batch of Podesta's emails.
An hour later, Trump tweeted: "Very little pick-up by the dishonest media of incredible information provided by WikiLeaks. So dishonest! Rigged system!"
"This WikiLeaks stuff is unbelievable," Trump said the same day, at a campaign rally in Florida. "It tells you the inner heart, you gotta read it."
That day, Stone admitted to having "back-channel communications" with Assange because they had a "good mutual friend."
"That friend travels back and forth from the United States to London and we talk," Stone told CBS' Miami affiliate. "I had dinner with him last Monday."
Trump again praised WikiLeaks on October 13, saying at a rally in Ohio that the content the group was pushing was "amazing."
The Atlantic reported Tuesday that Stone was also in direct contact with the group that day, less than a month before the election.
"Since I was all over national TV, cable and print defending wikileaks and assange against the claim that you are Russian agents and debunking the false charges of sexual assault as trumped up bs you may want to reexamine the strategy of attacking me," Stone reportedly wrote.
"We appreciate that," WikiLeaks replied. "However, the false claims of association are being used by the democrats to undermine the impact of our publications. Don’t go there if you don’t want us to correct you."
Two days later, on October 15, Stone reportedly wrote back: "Ha! The more you 'correct' me the more people think you’re lying. Your operation leaks like a sieve. You need to figure out who your friends are."

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