The Senate Intelligence Committee wants Julian Assange to make himself available for a closed door interview. WikiLeaks posted a letter from the committee on Twitter Wednesday morning.
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Interviewing Assange is a complicated prospect, as the WikiLeaks founder has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012. CNN reported in July that his situation has become untenable and he may soon leave.
The letter from WikiLeaks provides a hint at where the Senate Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation is still probing when it comes to Russian election interference and collusion.
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WikiLeaks was apparently cited, though not by name, in last month's indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller's team of 12 Russian intelligence officials for hacking the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign. The indictment suggested Assange and WikiLeaks were a conduit for Russian intelligence in distributing hacked Democratic Party emails in 2016.
"The conspirators (...) discussed the release of the stolen documents and the timing of those releases with Organization 1 to heighten their impact," the indictment stated, with "Organization 1" an apparent reference to WikiLeaks.
Senate Intelligence Committee calls on Assange to testify (CNN)