Assange Denies Trying to Influence U.S. Election

WIKILEAKS

“Publishing is what we do.”

Published Nov. 8 2016 11:43AM EST

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Julian Assange on Tuesday released a statement defending WikiLeaks’ decision to post documents from the Democratic Party during the presidential election campaign. Assange insisted he would have published documents from Donald Trump’s campaign if he had access to them.

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