Once widely maligned for leaking state secrets, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, continues to win favor with the US right over the release of hacked emails from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. In response to a tweet from the Nebraska Republican senator Ben Sasse that was critical of the Clinton leaks, Hannity praised Assange and WikiLeaks for having “done the USA a great service” by exposing “government corruption” and cybersecurity weakness. Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) Senator Wiki has done the USA a great service. Trump has said information disclosed in the leaks ought to disqualify Clinton from the presidential election. Listen, watch learn.”Since 2012, Assange has been running WikiLeaks from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, after applying for political asylum.

Source: The Guardian October 22, 2016 16:30 UTC