WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said it's possible Stein will be president, and that you never know what happens in a campaign. | AP Photo Assange says movements like the Green Party keep presidents in check

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange praised movements like the Green Party, but didn't endorse Jill Stein, the party's expected nominee.

Assange, who was live on a video interview at the Green Party's presidential nominating convention, said Saturday that political movements by Bernie Sanders, Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party build pressure to keep the government in check.


"With the Green Party, and Gary Johnson and the Bernie Sanders campaign, it is very, very important but it must be seen past this moment, past the political moment," Assange said during the interview. "That's a moment to build a movement and build pressure and having built it, then one can discipline and hold to account and check the abuses of government during the next four years."

Though he did not say he endorsed Stein, Assange rehashed a statement on whether he preferred Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, saying it is like "you are asking if I prefer cholera or gonorrhea."

Assange, however, said it's possible Stein will be president.

"I'm serious. You never know. Who knows what happens in a campaign, anything is possible," he said.

"Going into the presidency, they are going to continue to generate oversight and resistance, which will not only create a fertile field for Gary Johnson and Jill Stein to grow their support but will create a fairly fertile field to understand and hold government accountable," Assange said of a Clinton or Trump presidency.