Hillary Rodham Clinton Assange: Clinton win would have been ‘consolidation of power’ Assange praises Trump for bringing ‘opportunities for change’ America’s Jews are at war MORE in a new interview, denying that any documents he released during the presidential campaign were damaging to the former Democratic nominee. Assange said he has been publishing documents on Clinton “for years” and that the leaks during the campaign were no different, he told Italian newspaper la Repubblica in an interview first published by The Guardian.