WikiLeaks is challenging whistleblowers to hack Donald Trump amid an appeal from an ally of the global watchdog not to appear one-sided with the presidential election just weeks away.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said earlier this week he has reams of damaging data on Hillary Clinton he’ll soon release.
“WikiLeaks relies on whistleblowers and insiders. We are interested in factual information on all major candidates in a globally significant election,” the organization told the Herald yesterday in a statement. “We have encouraged sources to step forward for both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton but we cannot force them.”
The Herald reported in a front page story yesterday that British human rights activist Peter Tatchell, an ally of Assange, wants the group to also seek materials about Trump to shed any appearance of partisanship.
Clinton’s campaign was rocked in July when WikiLeaks dumped 20,000 private emails from the Democratic National Committee showing the party elite worked to undercut runner-up Bernie Sanders. WikiLeaks positions itself on social media as opposed to Clinton, though Assange has said he has no personal animosity toward her.
Longtime Trump friend and adviser Roger Stone, who said he has mutual friends with Assange, said leaked info about either candidate should come out.
“By all means, if Mr. Assange has any information on Donald Trump, then he ought to release it,” Stone told the Herald.
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