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WIKILEAKS HAS BLAMED the Ecuadorean embassy for cutting off internet access to Julian Assange under the supposed orders of the United States government.
Assange, a staunch critic of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, has been accused of turning Wikileaks into a prop for Trump, and becoming the best friend of the Republican nominee, due to his increasingly high-profile attempts to influence the US presidential election.
He has been living in Ecuador’s embassy to the UK in London for the past four years, due to rape charges in Sweden.
Assange has said that Trump’s openness is part of his “charismatic appeal”, and has defended his reluctance to leak hacked material from Donald Trump, which has prompted criticism from supporters like Peter Tatchell.
In July, Wikileaks released 20,000 private emails from the Democratic National Committee, forcing the resignation of DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Clinton supporter.
Yesterday, Wikileaks accused unknown state actors for disrupting Assange’s web lifeline in the Ecuadorean embassy. It appears to have concluded that those responsible are in the embassy itself, right under Assange’s nose.
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Today, Wikileaks has also said that John Kerry, Clinton’s successor as United States Secretary of State, asked Ecuador to stop Assange publishing documents hacked from Clinton’s emails on 26 September.
A cyber-espionage specialist, Assange has been claiming asylum at London’s Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 in order to avoid extradition over sex assault allegations.
The anti-secrecy organisation said in a tweet: “We have activated the appropriate contingency plans.”
Assange has been hiding in the Ecuadorean Embassy in central London for more than four years in a bid to avoid returning to Sweden to face rape charges.
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Ecuador has reportedly refused to respond to what it termed “speculation” on Twitter, vowing to continue to protect their long-term guest with political asylum.
The Wikileaks claim follows the latest emails it disclosed after it hacked of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s emails.
It released three transcripts on Saturday of Clinton’s paid speeches to Goldman Sachs.
The organisation’s consistent search for material that may prove damaging to Clinton’s bid to be president has seen it win many Trump supporters. Fox News is often the first to broadcast Wikileaks allegations. The latter reciprocates by retweeting their reports.
Donald Trump had previously called on Russia to hack into Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Assange denies Sweden’s rape allegation and says he fears that if he were sent to Sweden to face trial, he could be extradited to the United States to be tried over WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of classified documents.
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