He's playing a very dangerous game. IMO, he's holding out for a big payday. The first email dump was the equivalent of sending the dnc bagman a severed finger.
They'll either kill him or pay him off then kill him......I'm hoping that he collects the demoncrats ill gotten money and releases whatever he has left anyways. Assuming he's not gone all in on a bluff.
Assange has been holed up in the Ecuador Embassy in London since 2012. He sought sanctuary there to avoid extradition to Sweden and standing trial there. He wants all charges dropped. So he can be a free man. The US is also interested in him.
Will the Swedes, Brits, or the US offer him a deal to keep him quiet? The stakes are very high for Hillary if Assange has what he says he has on her. And Putin may have the same information since the rumor is that Russian hackers are providing the information to Assange.
It has just been announced that there will be Syrian peace talks among the various parties including the US and Russia. Imagine the leverage the Russians would have if the have Hillary’s emails. And remember they were a party to the Iran deal.