A grand jury returned a new indictment against Assange adding charges related to his alleged conspiracy with Chelsea Manning to solicit and publish classified government information.
that Assange was charged with in March 2018. The original indictment was sealed until Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on April 11.
Demers rebuffed arguments raised since Assange’s arrest that the WikiLeaks founder was being targeted for work as a journalist — Demers said this information put the sources at risk, and that no “responsible” journalist would publish it. Assange is not facing any charges to date related to information that WikiLeaks published in 2016 that was stolen from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The Justice Department is pursuing criminal charges against Russian nationals accused of carrying out those hacks and turning over the information to WikiLeaks.after a judge in the UK found him guilty of violating his bail conditions while he faced allegations of sexual assault in Sweden.
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