Any interview with WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is guaranteed to be unpredictable, but particularly when the subject turns to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
During a live Facebook chat on Wednesday with New York Times investigative journalist Jo Becker, which in and of itself promised to be quite contentious, Assange stuck to his guns that he “hasn’t got a dog in the fight” when it comes to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. However, he didn’t hold back in what he thought would happen if Clinton were elected.
“What we were drawing attention to is the transformation of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party into the national security candidate by whipping up a neo-McCarthyist hysteria about Russia,” he said. “That attempted re-framing by Hillary Clinton to declare media organizations that are publishing material that shows illicit activity within the DNC to fix the election for her as somehow us being Russian agents.
“Her campaign has effectively, and maybe even directly called Donald Trump a Russian agent. Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, is also being called a Russian agent. This is neo-McCarthyist hysteria. What kind of press environment is this going to lead to post-election?
“The American liberal press, in falling over themselves to defend Hillary Clinton, are erecting a demon who is going to put a noose around everyone’s neck as soon as she wins the election, which she is almost certainly going to do.”
Click the links below to watch the entire interview.
Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/videos/10150889009744999/
Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/videos/10150889048719999/
