https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/assange-tried-to-call-white-house-hillary-clinton-over-data-dump-his-lawyer-says-idUSKBN20J1W9

Julian Assange tried to contact Hillary Clinton and the White House when he realized that unredacted U.S. diplomatic cables given to WikiLeaks were about to be dumped on the internet, his lawyer told his London extradition hearing on Tuesday.