(AFP) — Does the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing classified military and diplomatic documents threaten the constitutional right to freedom of the press?
The Department of Justice on Thursday filed new charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, stating that the longtime transparency activist put the U.S. at risk of “serious harm” by releasing secret and classified government documents, the agency announced.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish authorities on Monday issued a request for a detention order against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is now jailed in Britain, a Swedish prosecutor said.
The country of Sweden has reportedly reopened a preliminary investigation into accusations of rape brought against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
LONDON (AP) – A British judge sentenced WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday to 50 weeks in prison for skipping bail seven years ago and holing up in the Ecuadorian embassy.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report states WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange preferred a Republican win over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, calling the former Secretary of State a “sociopath” who would start more wars.
The father of WikiLeakers founder Julian Assange on Sunday pleaded for the release and repatriation of his son after the Australian government confirmed he would receive “no special treatment” from Canberra.
The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange took to social media following his arrest on Thursday to beg authorities to be kind to him.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange used to be performing “a service,” and that Assange’s disdain for Hillary Clinton possibly “turned him basically into someone who was a Russian aide,
In a column for The Hill, lawyer and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz argues that on the basis of current evidence, prosecuting WikiLeaks for the publication of Chelsea Manning’s leaks would not be constitutionally different to prosecuting The New York Times for publishing the Pentagon Papers in 1971.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson published an op-ed recently in which he states that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s true sin was stopping Hillary Clinton from becoming President.
The government of France said Friday that it may be open to granting political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested at Ecuador’s embassy in London on U.S. hacking charges Thursday.
Ecuador spent around $1 million a year protecting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange inside their Embassy in London before eventually handing him over to British authorities, the country’s Foreign Minister revealed on Thursday.
The government of Ecuador rescinded Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s citizenship, granted in January, following his arrest Thursday morning on charges of conspiracy to hack U.S. military computers.
Failed 2016 Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacted on Thursday to the dramatic arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with a dig at the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that the indictment against WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange is “overbroad” in a way that raises “First Amendment concerns.” Khanna began by saying, “[T]here is evidence that Assange was cooperating with the
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” 2020 presidential candidate Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said he expects President Trump “will probably continue to meddle, or attempt to indirectly tamper with the jurors” in Julian Assange’s case. Swalwell said Trump’s reaction
The shocking news Thursday morning that the government of Ecuador invited British police into its embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange left many questioning why the Latin American country, which protected Assange for over half a decade, now felt comfortable letting him go.
Following the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today, Breitbart News has decided to flash back to allegations from October 2016 in which Hillary Clinton suggested that the U.S. government drone strike Assange.
The View’s Meghan McCain on Thursday celebrated the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, declaring that she hopes he “rots in Hell.”
“I know nothing really about it – it’s not my deal in life,” Trump said.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday expressed support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s arrest, declaring the Australian native is the “property” of the United States.
Reactions to the arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange poured in on social media, with pro-Assange Trump supporters and press freedom advocates expressing dismay, while neoconservative NeverTrumpers and Hillary Clinton supporters celebrated.
British police have further arrested WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on behalf of United States authorities under an extradition request, according to the U.K’s Metropolitan Police.
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was arrested in London on Thursday morning, after Ecuadorian diplomatic officials invited British police into the country’s embassy to apprehend the Australian.
Ecuador president Lenin Moreno on Tuesday charged that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has “repeatedly violated” the terms of his asylum in the South American country’s London embassy.
The Ecuadorian embassy in London reportedly locked journalist Cassandra Fairbanks in a room for over an hour during a visit to see WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and was eventually given just under ten minutes to speak with him, despite being booked for a two-hour meeting. Fairbanks reportedly overheard a conversation between Assange and an ambassador during which Assange accused the embassy of illegally surveilling him.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is one step closer to returning home after receiving an Australian passport, according to a UK newspaper report.
Stone’s indictment on Friday morning alleged several process crimes, but no collusion or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Jerome Corsi said Monday that his stepson was subpoenaed to give grand jury testimony as part of Mueller’s investigation.
Ecuador’s president says Britain has provided sufficient guarantees for Julian Assange to leave his government’s embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder has been living under asylum since 2012.
Ecuadorian president Moreno says British officials offered adequate assurances for Julian Assange to vacate the South American country’s embassy in London.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” political consultant Roger Stone said he had no discussions with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about the emails released during the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. He also said has not spoken to special counsel Robert
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” political consultant Roger Stone said he engaged in politics during the 2016 presidential campaign and not crime, as he has been accused. Stone said, “It is now two years in over $30 million. I think
A new report indicates prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller are targeting Jerome Corsi for forwarding a request from Stone to meet with Assange two months before the site released Podesta’s emails.
WikiLeaks “willing to bet The Guardian a million dollars and its editor’s head” that the story is fake.
Paul Manafort, a political strategist and one of President Trump’s former campaign managers, met secretly with WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, in 2013, 2015, and 2016.
Reiner said the “noose is tightening” around the neck of President Donald Trump, referring to the president as “Criminal-In-Chief.”
Members of Julian Assange’s legal team were blocked from entering the Ecuadorian embassy in London this weekend, WikiLeaks said.
Can western liberal democracies have dissidents? Increasingly, it seems to be the case.
