WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is willing to testify in Russian election meddling investigation, according to his associate
Assange’s organisation released thousands of emails during the election that US intelligence agencies say Russian hackers stole from Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee
Julian Assange is willing to speak with congressional investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, an associate to the WikiLeaks founder said on Friday.
Randy Credico, a New York-based radio host known for serving as an intermediary between Assange and long-time Trump adviser Roger Stone, said the WikiLeaks founder recently told him he’s ready to “clear this whole Russia thing up.”
“Julian Assange is at the centre of all of this, yet no one has interviewed him,” Credico told The New York Daily News. “He’s waiting. He’s been waiting all along.”
Credico said Assange didn’t tell him what information in particular he’s prepared to share with investigators.
Assange would only be willing to speak to investigators if they come to the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he has been holed up since 2012 over fears of being extradited to the US for leaking caches of classified material.
Credico said he travelled to Washington, DC, earlier this week and informed the staff of House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff about Assange’s willingness to testify.
“I think they were shocked by the idea,” Credico said.