Margaret Ratner Kunstler

Margaret Ratner Kunstler is a civil rights attorney who has worked with WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and Sarah Harrison. She has also worked with Anonymous and was the attorney for Jeremy Hammond. Kunstler graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia Law School. She was the co-chair of the February 2022 Belmarsh Tribunal organized by Progressive International in New York City. After her husband, attorney William Kunstler, died, a dispute started with his former law partner, Ronald L. Kuby, over the right to use his name.

2016 US Presidential election

Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks

Messages from WikiLeaks to Donald Trump Jr. identified Kunstler as a person at WikiLeaks for the Trump administration to contact with 'information for publication'. Trump Jr. said he never responded to the request, and that he never communicated directly with Assange and all of his correspondence with WikiLeaks went through "a lady that appeared to work at a law firm".

Roger Stone, Randy Credico and WikiLeaks

Kunstler, who Randy Credico said he is "best friends" with, arranged for Assange to be on Credico's August 25, 2016 radio show. Roger Stone suggested that Kunstler might have been a source for Credico.

The Roger Stone indictment suggests that Kunstler may have been asked to act as an intermediary during the pre-election months. and that he talked to Kunstler about it.

In mid-September 2016, Roger Stone sent Randy Credico an email asking him to check allegations about Hillary Clinton, and Credico forwarded the email to Kunstler. Credico said he didn't take it seriously and sent it to an old account Kunstler didn't check often. On October 1, Credico sent Stone a text message saying "Big news Wednesday...now pretend u don’t know me...Hillary’s campaign will die this week."

Personal life Margaret Ratner Kunstler was married to William Kunstler, who died in 1995. The two had two daughters Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler, and several grandchildren.

Margaret was previously married to Michael Ratner.