In point of fact, as @DefendAssange repeatedly, and publicly, lied that this was the case in 2016 - he repeatedly said 'Russia was the not the source' and tried to blame Seth Rich - this makes very little sense. Assange never *stopped* saying this.
:) a quick check shows the Julian Assange account has deleted all mentions of Russia, Russian and DNC before 2017.
I'm sure that will stop @FBI in their tracks, @Wikileaks