Julian Assange boasted of the "publicity as a result of our DNC publications." | AP Photo Assange: DNC leak 'encouraged' more sources to come forward

WikiLeaks' release of nearly 20,000 emails from the Democratic National Committee "has led to other sources being encouraged" to share information, Julian Assange said Friday, teasing out an impending leak of even more documents related to the U.S. presidential election.

But Assange, appearing on "Fox & Friends" from London, was his usual cagey self when asked whether he could provide any details about the contents of the forthcoming release.


"No, not really. Sorry to disappoint you. But we have quite a lot of material in relation to the U.S. election, thousands of pages relating to various aspects of the Hillary Clinton campaign and some other institutions," Assange said.

Assange boasted of the "publicity as a result of our DNC publications" that led to the resignations of several top officials, including Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has led to other sources being encouraged."

"So they stepped forward and hopefully that process will continue as we continue to publish and we can see a kind of cascade of information hopefully also coming out about [the] Republican campaign, and then Americans and others can be better informed about whose new policy is going to be U.S. policy," Assange said, while adding that it is difficult for an organization like WikiLeaks to "publish much more controversial material than what comes out of Donald Trump's mouth every single day."

Asked whether the organization had a policy against releasing somebody's personal medical information, such as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, whose health has provided fodder for the Republican campaign and multiple conspiracy theories, Assange said the organization would share it because it would be of "genuine interest."

"Well, Julian, let's be direct. Have you received information about Hillary Clinton's medical condition?" co-host Steve Doocy inquired.

Assange replied, I know you guys would love it if we scooped ourselves on "Fox & Friends." "But we're not going to," he added, noting that the organization has published more than 32,000 Clinton emails with "passing references" to the former secretary of state's head injury and fatigue.

Fielding questions collected from the show's viewers, Assange sharply rejected the notion that he has not said "anything bad about the Russians" or that the Kremlin has intimidated him. "They gave you your own TV show," the viewer's question said, co-host Brian Kilmeade remarked.

"It's just false. False information. A lot of -- there's now a campaign under way," Assange remarked. "Because Hillary Clinton, her camp and those who support her for good reasons and bad, know that we have serious upcoming publications. Since the DNC leaks there's been a campaign against WikiLeaks because they're worried about our next publication. We have a perfect record over a decade of having never got it wrong with what we published, so they can't attack the substance. They can't attack the evidence we have produced. They can't attack our analysis, so instead they try and attack us through ad hominems. It is false."

Assange declared that he has never had a job with Russia Today, adding that he had an independent show purchased by 12 broadcasters, including the Russian-owned outlet in 2012.

"We have published 650,000 documents about Russia or Putin, most of them critical. More than 2.3 million about Syria and Bashar Al Assad," including the Syrian president's personal emails, he added. "So this is complete garbage."