Assange seems to be putting those fears to rest as he noted in both interviews that the data dump will happen before the general election. The timing of the release is important, as Assange pointed out. He notes that they are timing the release of information to have maximum impact.
“It’s a complex business what we do. We have to assess the voracity. We have a perfect ten year record so far in never gets it wrong and we want to keep that reputation, understand how things should be formatted, what media we should be involved in, what is the best way to stage it out? Do we accumulate everything and essentially publish all in one batch or do we smaller batches?”
An “October surprise” would put Hillary Clinton in an undesirable spot as the information would be fresh on voters’ minds going into the election but not provide enough time for Clinton to do damage control. Assange says they will not reveal exactly what will be included in the data dump as he doesn’t want to “give the game away.”
