Julian Assange warns of upcoming Hillary Clinton leak that could have 'significant' impact on the election

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange warned Wednesday that Hillary Clinton will be the next target of an information leak. In an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, Assange said the impending leak could have "significant" implications for the presidential election, depending "on how it catches fire in the public and in the media."

"We have a lot of material, thousands of pages of material," said Assange, who is in exile at Ecuador's embassy in London. He added: "It's a variety of different types of documents from different types of institutions that are associated with the election campaign, some quite unexpected angles that are, you know, quite interesting, some even entertaining."

The leak would come on the heels of the Democratic National Committee email leak in July, which prompted DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign on the eve of the Democratic convention. Assange didn't reveal when exactly to expect this next batch, though he said "we are working around the clock" and that it will be sometime before the November election.

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