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Assange: WikiLeaks Has No Desire to Influence US Election Results

© AP Photo / Kirsty WigglesworthWikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London (File)
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London (File) - Sputnik International
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange refuted allegations of taking sides in the US presidential election.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has no political affiliation and has no desire to affect the US presidential election's outcome, it publishes the information it has, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said in a statement on Tuesday.

"On the eve of the election, it is important to restate why we have published what we have… We publish material given to us if it is of political, diplomatic, historical or ethical importance and which has not been published elsewhere. At the same time, we cannot publish what we do not have. To date, we have not received information on Donald Trump's campaign, or Jill Stein's campaign, or Gary Johnson's campaign… This is not due to a personal desire to influence the outcome of the election," the statement read.

In this Oct. 4, 2016 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange participates via video link at a news conference marking the 10th anniversary of the secrecy-spilling group in Berlin. WikiLeaks said on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, that Assange's internet access has been cut by an unidentified state actor. - Sputnik International
Assange Dismisses Claims of Russia's Involvement in US Election Campaign
He reiterated that the website has no allegiance with Russia, stating that "the [Clinton] campaign was unable to invoke evidence about our publications' because none exists."

Emails from US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton campaign’s chair John Podesta’s allegedly hacked account were first dumped online on October 8. Clinton's camp blamed the leak on Russia.

On Monday, WikiLeaks reported that it had been attacked by hackers.

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