Assange Hit With 17 New Charges, Including Espionage Act Violations

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Justice Department officials on Thursday announced 17 additional felony charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

A grand jury in Alexandria, Va., returned the superseding indictment charging Assange with conspiring with former Army intelligence officer Chelsea Manning to obtain, receive and disclose “national defense information,” in violation of the Espionage Act.

Assange is also charged with publishing a select range of the classified documents that revealed the names of low-level, local sources utilized by the U.S. government, including Afghan and Iraqi nationals, as well as journalists, human rights activists, and religious leaders.

The charges are unveiled as Assange is fighting extradition to the U.S. after he was arrested earlier this year on a conspiracy charge.

Read more at The Hill.

{Matzav.com}


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