

Wikileaks offers $20k reward over dead DNC staffer, but won’t confirm he leaked emails




Wikileaks tweeted about the reward on Tuesday for information leading to the “conviction for the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich.”



Assange made his comments on Dutch television show Nieuwsuur. When asked why he was commenting on Rich’s murder, he said, “Because we have to understand how high the stakes are in the United States.”

Wikileaks offers a secure upload submission option in which no identifying data about a source is recorded, according to the whistleblowing website.

Under these circumstances, Assange and Wikileaks staff would not know who sent them the DNC emails.

Last month's leaks revealed a fractured Democratic party with a pro-Hillary Clinton agenda, while her progressive opponent Bernie Sanders was still in the race for the party's nomination.

Wikileaks also claimed on Tuesday that Ecuador were being pressured to end Assange’s asylum in their London embassy over fears the leak could damage the country’s reputation with the US.

Social media ignited in reaction to the Wikileaks tweet with a range of jokes and conspiracy theories.