Assange insisted, however, that no Russian government-linked party was the source of the hacked material.
WikiLeaks appealed Tuesday for
leaked White House documents before President Barack Obama leaves
office, as its founder Julian Assange again denied Russia was the source
of hacked Democratic party emails that hurt Hillary Clinton's bid for
the US presidency.
"System admins: Don't let the White House destroy US history again! Copy now, then send to WikiLeaks at your leisure," the secret-spilling website announced on Twitter, shortly before Assange gave an in-depth interview to US network Fox.
"We
are issuing a US$20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest or
exposure of any Obama admin agent destroying significant records," the tweet said.
Assange gave Fox an extended interview at the Ecuadoran embassy in London where he sought refuge in June 2012 to escape extradition to Sweden for questioning about an alleged rape.
He
shed no light on who provided Wikileaks with thousands of hacked emails
from the Democratic National Committee and from Clinton campaign chief John Podesta.
WikeLeaks
released the documents during the US election campaign in what US
intelligence reportedly concluded was an attempt by Russia to tip the
election in favor of Clinton's Republican rival, Donald Trump, who went
on to win the White House.
Assange insisted, however, that no Russian government-linked party was the source of the hacked material.
"The source is not the Russian government. It is not state parties," the 45-year-old Australian told Fox.
Pressed as to whether he thought the leaks of the Podesta and DNC emails led to Trump's election in November, he said: “Who knows, it’s impossible to tell."
"But
if it did, the accusation is that the true statements of Hillary
Clinton and her campaign manager, John Podesta, and the DNC head Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, their true statements is what changed the election.”
He said his organization was not political in nature but aimed to provide facts governments do not.
"We have a perfect record, authenticating the information we publish," Assange said. "We try to preserve that reputation. What else do we have a record for?"
Assange
is wanted for questioning in Sweden into allegations by a woman who
accused him of rape during a 2010 visit to Stockholm.
He has denied the allegation, insisting they had consensual sex.
He
has refused to travel to Sweden for questioning, fearing he would be
extradited to the United States over WikiLeaks' release of 500,000
secret military files on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010.
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