The idea was suggested as the president condemned migrant caravans from Central America headed toward the southwestern border, people familiar with the plan said.
From his beginnings as a teenage hacker in Australia to his arrest this week in London, the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been a deeply divisive figure.
An indictment charging Mr. Assange with conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer does not mention WikiLeaks’ role in Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign.
A narrow indictment sidestepped long-running fears that bringing a case against the WikiLeaks founder could undermine press freedoms, but many questions remain.
Mr. Buttigieg has confronted evangelicals like Vice President Mike Pence, questioning the moral authority of religious leaders who have stayed silent on President Trump’s conduct.
President Trump believes that no issue better fires up his core supporters, meaning that immigration is certain to be at the center of the president’s case for a second term.