Pamela Anderson is staunchly defending Julian Assange Julian Paul AssangePsychiatrist says Assange told him he was hearing imaginary voices, music Assange extradition hearing delayed over coronavirus concerns The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald discusses U.S. case against Assange MORE against critics who accuse the WikiLeaks founder of helping Russia meddle in the 2016 presidential election, saying the "whole saga of 'foreign intervention' is fundamentally absurd."

"The elections have neither been rigged, nor have voters been intimidated or deceived by misinformation," the former "Baywatch" star writes in a Daily Beast op-ed published Thursday. "The only thing that happened is that the disclosure of true information about a candidate‘s character and conduct hurt her campaign and may well have caused her defeat. So what? That’s democracy," writes Anderson, in reference to 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonDemocratic groups using Bloomberg money to launch M in Spanish language ads in Florida The Hill's Campaign Report: Presidential polls tighten weeks out from Election Day More than 50 Latino faith leaders endorse Biden MORE's campaign. "Stop whining and grow up!"

ADVERTISEMENT

"So you say the Mueller Report proves Julian guilty?" the 51-year-old actress and former model wrote in her piece. "Well, then let’s talk about it: The report does not claim that Julian hacked the [Democratic National Committee]. It only says that he sought to 'obscure' his sources, as any serious journalist would do, and to 'release' information at times that were beneficial to the Trump campaign."

"Oh well, too bad for Hillary that there were two sides to this election and that some people wanted someone else to win!" writes Anderson. "Now isn’t this the nature of any election, except those designed to confirm dictators, autocrats and others feeling 'entitled' to positions of power?"

Calling him an investigative journalist, Anderson says Assange, 47, shouldn't be "persecuted and jailed" for exposing "the truth" about Clinton.

"While Julian may have influenced the election, he certainly has not interfered with it," Anderson writes. "Hillary lost the election herself, simply because the Electoral College resulted in a majority for Trump. And if you believe the culprits were Russian hackers, well then sort it out with the Kremlin, but keep your hands off our freedom of the press!"

Anderson has been a longtime, outspoken supporter of Assange. In 2017, she called him one of her "favorite people," but did not address rumors of a romantic relationship.

The WikiLeaks founder is currently serving a 50-week prison sentence in London for skipping bail in 2012.

U.S. charges have been filed against Assange for allegedly conspiring to hack into computers in connection with the organization's release of classified government cables from Chelsea Manning Chelsea Elizabeth ManningHistory is on Edward Snowden's side: Now it's time to give him a full pardon Hillicon Valley: Justice Department announces superseding indictment against WikiLeaks' Assange | Facebook ad boycott gains momentum | FBI sees spike in coronavirus-related cyber threats | Boston city government bans facial recognition technology Justice Department announces superseding indictment against Wikileaks' Assange MORE, a former Army private and intelligence analyst.