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Mr Assange, who has been living inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for over four years, released a statement saying the American electorate was "better informed as a result of our work". He also said his organisation had no information about Mrs Clinton's presidential rival Donald Trump that "fufills our editorial criteria." WikiLeaks has released thousands of messages allegedly sent from the private e-mail account of John Podesta, chairman of Mrs Clinton's presidential campaign. They include allegations about millions of dollars which went into the Clinton Foundation and personal bank accounts.

GETTY Julian Assange has defended releasing private emails about Hilary Clinton during the election run-in

Mr Assange said: "We had information that fit our editorial criteria which related to the Sanders and Clinton campaign (DNC Leaks) and the Clinton political campaign and Foundation (Podesta Emails). "No-one disputes the public importance of these publications. It would be unconscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold such an archive from the public during an election. "At the same time, we cannot publish what we do not have. "To date, we have not received information on Donald Trump's campaign, or Jill Stein's campaign, or Gary Johnson's campaign or any of the other candidates that fufills our stated editorial criteria. "As a result of publishing Clinton's cables and indexing her emails we are seen as domain experts on Clinton archives. "So it is natural that Clinton sources come to us."

GETTY Julian Assange said the US elctorate was better informed because of the leaks

It would be unconscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold such an archive from the public during an election. Julian Assange

So far, Camp Clinton has refused to verify the authenticity of the e-mails. It is alleged Russia was behind the hacking attack before passing the information to WikiLeaks, which denies ever doing any hacking. As US citizens vote for their next president, most polls still give Democrat Mrs Clinton a slight lead over Republican candidate Donald Trump. However, she has struggled to shake off controversies over her use of a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state, even after an investigation by the FBI cleared her of any wrondoing. But last week FBI director James Comey stunned the world when he announced the agency was investigating new e-mails sent or received by Mrs Clinton.

Mrs Clinton's use of emails has been a subject of controversy throughout her campaign Dennis Van Tine/Future Image/WENN.com

REUTERS Donald Trump and wife Melania leave the polling station after voting in New York