Assange says he isn't dropping emails to swing the U.S. election

Despite what a lot people believe, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said he didn't intend to influence the U.S. election when he leaked troves of private emails. 

Assange has been publishing copies of thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton's camp during the final months of the election campaign, but claims he did it all for the good of the public. 

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"This is not due to a personal desire to influence the outcome of the election," Assange, who is hiding out in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, said in a statement. He said the organization publishes any information it receives that is in the public interest and that if he had information on Clinton's rival, Donald Trump, it would also be published.  Read more...

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