It’s a bit more complicated than that, as you probably know.
The existence of Wikileaks is problematic to anyone in power because they don’t control it. That’s what’s good and what’s bad about it. Because in addition to democratizing data, it is pretty clear that it can be used by political players for the own ends (ie the belief that Russia was the source of many of the Hillary leaks). It was in part the danger that potentially uncritical release of sensitive information could cause that led to defections and conflict within Wikileaks itself, as different people had different visions of how it should work.
Complicating matters, however, is the increasing accumulation of evidence that Assange is a bit of an asshole in his personal life. That doesn’t negate the impact of Wikileaks, but it certainly does weaken the conceit that his troubles are uniquely due to political backlash to Wikileaks.
