 Over time, that account has become an article of faith with grave conclusions being believed by the left. Julian Assange in Russia elected Donald Trump. And they will stick by that, that he did. But it can be said that Assange's long ordeal is because they were afraid that he would reveal that the whole Russiagate accusations were a hoax. Now, Assange came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of leaks