US Vice President Mike Pence on Friday defended what some say is his boss Donald Trump's puzzling position over the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Repeated past praise for WikiLeaks from Trump was not "an endorsement," Pence told CNN.

Republicans generally celebrated the capture of Assange, who had been taking shelter at Ecuador's London embassy for nearly seven years until British police took him into custody Thursday.

But Trump's first reaction was dismissive, telling reporters "I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It's not my thing."

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First Published: Apr 12 2019 | 8:00 PM IST

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