Politics Aug 13 News outlets were leaked insider material taken from Trump campaign. They chose not to print it By David Bauder, Associated Press
World Jun 27 Julian Assange is now free. What does the future hold for the WikiLeaks founder? What’s next for the WikiLeaks founder remains unclear. By Charlotte Graham-McLay, Associated Press
World Jun 26 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after U.S. legal saga ends WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia on Wednesday, hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. By Rick Rycroft, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press
Politics Jun 25 Watch 11:05 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleads guilty to U.S. charges in deal to gain freedom WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a brave whistleblower to his allies and a national security threat to his critics, is on the verge of being a free man. Assange is pleading guilty and will be sentenced to time served, allowing him… By Nick Schifrin, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako, Teresa Cebrián Aranda
World Jun 25 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s plane leaves Bangkok to U.S. for plea deal and later freedom The official WikiLeaks account on X said Assange is heading toward Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. commonwealth in the Pacific, where he's scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. By Jintamas Saksornchai, Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
May 20 WikiLeaks founder Assange wins right to appeal against an extradition order to the US By Brian Melley, Jill Lawless, Associated Press Two High Court judges on Monday said Assange has grounds to challenge the U.K. government's extradition order. The ruling sets the stage for an appeal process likely to further drag out a years-long legal saga. Continue reading
Apr 10 Biden says he’s considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange By Associated Press For years, Australia has called on the U.S. to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought U.S. extradition efforts from prison in the U.K. Continue reading
Mar 26 Assange can’t be extradited until U.S. rules out death penalty, UK court says By Sylvia Hui, Jill Lawless, Associated Press For the WikiLeaks founder, it was a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site's publication of classified American documents. Continue reading
Feb 21 Assange went beyond journalism and should face espionage charges in the U.S., government lawyers say By Jill Lawless, Sylvia Hui, Associated Press The lawyers were setting out arguments at Britain's High Court in response to a last-ditch bid by Assange's defense to stop his extradition from the U.K. to the United States. Continue reading
Feb 20 Timeline of the Julian Assange legal saga as he makes a final bid to avoid extradition to the U.S. By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been fighting for more than a decade to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges related to his organization's publication of a huge trove of classified documents. Continue reading