WikiLeaks to Release Controversial Documents Weekly Over the Next 10 Weeks

Oct 04, 2016 01:17 PM EDT

(Photo : Getty Images/Carl Court ) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England where he continues to seek asylum.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has announced that his organization would release documents about Google and the United States electoral system over the next 10 weeks. Assange made the announcement via a video address at the end of a press conference in Berlin which marked WikiLeaks' 10th anniversary.

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Aside from Google and the US presidential election, Assange said that the documents WikiLeaks is set to publish would include information about war, mass surveillance, oil, and arms trading. Assange said that the documents would be released on a weekly basis over the next 10 weeks. He noted that the documents about the US presidential race would be published before the Election Day on Nov. 8.

Billed as the "October surprise," Assange's latest revelations had been highly anticipated. However, instead of releasing controversial documents, WikiLeaks devoted most of the press conference to highlighting some of the organization's infamous releases and the criticism levied against them.

Assange declined to answer when asked whether the documents will tilt the election buildup towards Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

In a statement acquired by The Verge, Assange said, "There is enormous expectation in the United States. Some of that expectation will be partly answered; but you should understand that if we're going to make a major publication in relation to the United States at a particular hour, we don't do it at 3AM."

In July, WikiLeaks published a trove of emails from seven prominent personalities in the Democratic National Convention (DNC). The emails exposed the DNC's partiality towards Clinton over her close rival Bernie Sanders. The leak eventually led to the resignation of DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Assange denied the accusation that he and WikiLeaks are explicitly targeting the Democratic Party and Clinton. Assange replied saying that both Clinton and Trump are "tormented by their ambitions, in different ways."

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