Julian Assange has launched a vicious attack on Hillary Clinton, branding her 'a demon' who 'will put a noose around our necks' after winning the election.

Assange said Clinton and the Democratic party are trying to stir up 'neo-McCarthyist hysteria' over Donald Trump's links to Russia in the wake of the DNC leaks.

The Wikileaks founder, who has effectively been imprisoned in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, also accused Clinton of creating a hostile press environment.

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Julian Assange branded Hillary Clinton a 'demon' who 'will put a noose around everyone's neck' after the Democratic party accused Trump of having ties to Russia

Assange hit out at Clinton's campaign for portraying Wikileaks 'as somehow us being Russian agents' after they leaked information on the DNC

In a Facebook Live interview with the New York Times, he said: 'What we were drawing attention to is the transformation of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party into the national security candidate by whipping up a neo-McCarthyist hysteria about Russia.

'That attempted re-framing by Hillary Clinton to declare media organisations that are publishing material that shows illicit activity within the DNC to fix the election for her as somehow us being Russian agents...

'Her campaign has effectively, and maybe even directly called Donald Trump a Russian agent.

'Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, is also being called a Russian agent.

'This is neo-McCarthyist hysteria. What kind of press environment is this going to lead to post-election?

'The American liberal press in falling over themselves to defend Hillary Clinton are erecting a demon who is going to put a noose around everyone's neck as soon as she wins the election, which she is almost certainly going to do.'

Assange accused Clinton of trying to stir up 'neo-McCarthyist hysteria' after the leaks showed the DNC had favored her over Bernie Sanders in the primary campaign

Meanwhile Assange has said his analysis of Trump's financial records show he has no links to Russia, though says he is still investigating

Wikileaks, made famous by the 2010 publication of of U.S. diplomatic cables, was back in the headlines recently with the disclosure of DNC emails that showed the organisation conspiring against Bernie Sanders during the primaries.

Those revelations, which led to the resignation of chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on the first day of the convention, led to allegations that the information had been obtained by Russia and fed to Assange in an attempt to influence the election.

Assange utterly denied this in his interview, while also promising more data which would be 'informative and even entertaining'.

Assange has also denied he is supporting Trump by releasing information on the Democratic party, and has previously described this election as being a choice between 'cholera and gonorrhea.'