WikiLeaks Plans to Release Documents Before US Elections

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday the publication would release well-nigh one 1000000 documents related to the US election over the next 10 weeks. Assange appear the release schedule in a video address at a printing conference in Berlin, where the arrangement is celebrating its 10^th anniversary.

Assange, 45, who has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2022, said that the upcoming documents volition be related to Google, the Usa electoral system, artillery trading, war, oil, and mass surveillance. The documents will be released on a weekly basis over the next months. The information related to the Us presidential election will be published before election mean solar day on November eight^th, he clarified.

WikiLeaks' October surprise

Prior to today'southward press conference, media was abuzz with apprehension of what has been termed as an "October Surprise" that could affect the United states presidential election. Nevertheless, the printing conference focused more on its anniversary and responding to criticism than talking about the ballot flavor.

When asked, Assange denied if the upcoming release was aimed at dissentious Hillary Clinton. "There has been a misquoting of me and WikiLeaks publications ... (suggesting) we intend to harm Hillary Clinton or I intend to damage Hillary Clinton or that I don't like Hillary Clinton. All those are false," he said.

Upcoming releases follow WikiLeaks' publication in July when over 19,000 emails from superlative officials in the Democratic National Convention (DNC) were published. The emails included full names, addresses and phone numbers and suggested that DNC favored Hillary Clinton over her primary rival, Bernie Sanders. July's publication as well led to the resignation of chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Prior to the press conference, Republicans suggested that WikiLeaks release would be devastating to the Clinton campaign. However, Assange declined to answer if the upcoming leaks would tilt the election toward Clinton or Trump. "I certainly feel distressing for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. These are 2 people who are tormented by their ambitions, in different ways," he said.