Assange Indictment – If There Is One – to Remain Under Wraps

Julian Assange speaks to media and supporters from a balcony at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on May 19, 2017.Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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If there’s a secret indictment in the U.S. against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, it’ll remain under wraps.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press failed to persuade a judge to unseal criminal charges the group says pertain to Assange. The judge said it’s not clear an “Assange” prosecutors mistakenly mentioned in a seemingly unrelated U.S. court filing, is the same person as the WikiLeaks founder.