Assange has been anti-American to the point of being decidedly pro-Russian. Putin likes Trump, but that's maybe because Putin likes a good laugh. Anyroad, Assange did have his own programme on Russia Today for a while. Also, and probably more importantly, I know a few senior people who left wikileaks years ago (long before his current debacle with the Swedish legal system) citing that they were leaving due to Assanges bias. They had/have a shedload of documents critical of Russia which Assange prevented publication of (mostly relating to the states er.. treatment... of independent journalists IIRC), and some good people left wikileaks over his refusal to release those documents. This could be because he has a pro-russian bias, a result of his blind hatred of the US, or it could be because he has a completely understandable fear of Pollonium tea.
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