Julian Assange Storms Off ABC News Interview After Question From “Tabloid Schmuck”

It seems Wikileaks founder Julian Assange does not like embarrassing information about himself to be publicly revealed. When ABC News reporter Jim Sciutto questioned Assange about the rape allegations in Sweden and his claim of undue influence on the female accusers, Assange pulled the plug on the interview and walked off. Apparently, when too much is exposed about “Mr. Transparency” Assange, he gets upset and in this case, called the offender a “tabloid schmuck.”

Specifically, Sciutto did perhaps get a bit too graphic, asking Assange about some of the claims of the alleged victims who claimed he was “forcibly spreading her longs” and “holding her down so she couldn’t move.” And, in Assange’s opinion, this was one too many smears to have leaked from Sciutto’s mouth and Assange had enough. Storming off certainly made a statement, but just imagine if Assange responded calmly, he potentially could have made the unnecessarily explicit question look foolish instead of himself.

Watch the clip from ABC News below:

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