Hillary brands WikiLeaks boss Assange ‘tool of Russian intelligence’

Hillary Clinton told an Australian state broadcaster that WlkiLeaks founder Julian Assange was a tool of Russian intelligence in his release of hacked emails that hurt the US Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign.

Clinton told _Australian Broadcasting Corp, in an interview broadcast that the Australian whistleblower had “become a kind of nihilistic opportunist who does the bidding of a dictator,” Russian President Vladimir Putin.

She said: “He’s a tool of Russian intelligence, and if he’s such a ... martyr of free speech, why doesn’t WikiLeaks ever publish anything coming out of Russia?”

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