Hillary Clinton, one of the top targets of WikiLeaks documents, told a crowd from New York on Thursday that Julian Assange should "answer what he did" after his arrest on Thursday.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday on the same day that the Justice Department issued an indictment alleging he had co-authored with Chelsea Manning, a former US military intelligence analyst, to steal secret government documents.
Clinton said, who said she would "wait and see what happens." The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee shared the Beacon Theater stage with her husband, former "Bill Clinton".
Clinton stressed that the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces charges of conspiracy to break into the government computer, should not be seen as insulting the press.
The supporters of Julian Assange often defend the publication of private messages and secret government documents on behalf of the press, But others like the U.S government see him as a criminal.
Clinton said it was clear from the indictment that it was not about punishing journalism," It's about assisting the hacking of a military computer to steal information from the U.S government ".
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WikiLeaks revealed parts of his Clinton campaign, when he published 2,000 emails from John Podesta,
Her campaign manager in 2016, And later, U.S intelligence decided that the messages were stolen by hackers working for the Russian government.
Clinton also got in a jab at President Donald Trump, Saying : " I think it's ironic, that Assange may be the only foreigner, that this administration would welcome to the United States".
Despite his praise of Wikileaks as a "treasure trove" during his campaign of 2016, Trump pretended to be unaware of the sites and his activities following Assange's arrest.
"I do not know anything about WikiLeaks," Trump told reporters at the White House.
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