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U.S. Ramping Up Probe Against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Says

posted by martyb on Thursday January 24 2019, @05:40AM   
from the you-looking-at-ME? dept.

takyon writes:

U.S. ramping up probe against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks says

American federal prosecutors have been pressing witnesses in the U.S. and abroad to testify against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, WikiLeaks says, offering further evidence that the Justice Department is building a criminal case against the man who leaked Democratic emails hacked by the Russians in the 2016 election.

In a new submission to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, based in Washington, WikiLeaks is urging the Justice Department to unseal the charges that appear to have been secretly filed against Assange in the Eastern District of Virginia. A mistake in a Justice Department court filing in November inadvertently suggested the existence of those charges.

Previously: Inadvertent Court Filing Suggests that the U.S. DoJ is Preparing to Indict Julian Assange

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• Re:Secret charges ? Sounds like the Russkis ... (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @09:08AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 24 2019, @09:08AM (#791148)

  Why do they need a secret court and secret case? Because obviously what they are doing is not sun shine proof. Shady shit, population would revolt and other nations would crucify them.

  This is just as bad as the soviet mock trials. One could even argue this is worse.

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