BERLIN: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed on Tuesday to publish new “significant” documents related to the US presidential elections ahead of the November 8 vote, as the online leaking platform celebrated its 10th birthday in defiant mood.
Taking aim at critics accusing him and his organisation of manipulation, Assange pledged he would not be muzzled as he sought to raise “an army” of supporters to join in the defence of WikiLeaks. “We hope to be publishing every week for the next 10 weeks. We have on schedule... all the US election related documents to come out before November 8,” Assange, wearing a black T-shirt bearing the word “Truth”, told journalists via webcast from the Ecuadoran embassy in London where he has been holed up since 2012.
He refused to reveal if the US-vote related documents would hurt Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton or target her Republican rival Donald Trump.
But the white-haired WikiLeaks founder described the material as “significant” with “a lot of fascinating angles”.