Wikileaks founder says Clinton's campaign chairman used 'password' for passwords Julian Assange told Fox News "... a 14-year-old kid could have hacked" the chairman

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During her run for the White House this year, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta and the Democratic National Committee were subject to numerous email hacks.

Many of the private emails showed up on WikiLeaks, covering topics ranging from aliens to Clinton's team poking fun at Ted Cruz being born in Canada. The hacks spurred an investigation from the FBI while Clinton's team blamed Russia. Turns out, it may have been Podesta's fault.

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told Fox News' Sean Hannity Tuesday night that Podesta used the word "password" for all of his passwords. Assange also said Podesta responded to phishing emails.



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"Podesta gave out that his password was the word 'password,'" Assange said to Hannity. "His own staff said this email that you've received, this is totally legitimate. So this is something... a 14-year-old kid could have hacked Podesta that way."

According to Fox News, Hannity interviewed Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Assange has been at the embassy for the past five years, fighting an extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges.

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The WikiLeaks founder also told Hannity that his source for the emails were not from the Russian government or any other government. President Barack Obama's administration has accused Russia of hacking the DNC and has imposed sanctions. Assange denied that Russia had any involvement with the hacks.

Assange's interview with Hannity has brought praise from some of his biggest critics .

Former vice presidential candidate and former Fox News contributor Sarah Palin praised Assange onFacebook Tuesday. Palin once called Assange a creep for publishing her emails during the 2008 presidential election. On Tuesday, Palin apologized to Assange.

To Julian Assange: I apologize. Please watch Sean Hannity's interview with Julian Assange (Wikileaks). Exposing the... Posted by Sarah Palin on Tuesday, January 3, 2017

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President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged Assange's interview, tweeting on Wednesday "why was DNC so careless?"

CNN pointed out that in the past, Trump has not been a fan of Assange. Trump said there should "be like death penalty or something" in a 2010 interview of Wikileaks' activity.

Assange told Hannity that he would have "absolutely" released emails about Trump and his campaign had he gotten any.