This was published 9 years ago
Kim Dotcom: Julian Assange will be Hillary Clinton's worst nightmare in 2016
By Ali Elkin
Washington: Kim Dotcom, the founder of the defunct file sharing site Megaupload who wants to bring his Internet Party to the United States in 2016, said Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be Hillary Clinton's "worst nightmare."
In an interview , Mr Dotcom was asked about a tweet he sent in December saying that he himself will be "Hillary's worst nightmare in 2016."
Kim Dotcom has pledged that Julian Assange will be a factor in Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign. Credit: Fairfax NZ
The interview raises the question of the role hacking could play in an election involving someone as simultaneously high profile and secretive as Clinton.
"I have to say it's probably more Julian," who threatens Hillary Clinton, Mr Dotcom said. "But I'm aware of some of the things that are going to be roadblocks for her."
Mr Assange has access to information, Mr Dotcom said, though he added that he didn't know anything more specific.
"If I can provide some transparency with these people and make them part of what the Internet Party stands for, then, you know, I will be happy to do that," Mr Dotcom told Bloomberg.
Now residing in New Zealand, Mr Dotcom has been charged in the US with copyright infringement. He is fighting the charges. In the interview, he called Senator Clinton, who had signed his extradition request, "an enemy of Internet freedom"- but expressed fondness for her, as well as for President Barack Obama.
"You know the crazy thing is, I actually like them," Mr Dotcom said.