Dec 06 UK guarantees are enough for Julian Assange to leave embassy, Ecuador’s president says By Associated Press Ecuador's president says the U.K. government has promised not to extradite Assange to any country where he would face the death penalty. Continue reading
Nov 27 Judge hears request to unseal pending Assange charges after being mistakenly revealed By Yanan Wang, Associated Press Typically, criminal charges remain under seal until a defendant has been arrested to prevent a target from fleeing arrest or destroying evidence ahead of prosecution. Continue reading
Nov 26 Associate of Roger Stone says he’ll reject plea offer in Mueller probe By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Jerome Corsi, a conservative author who has pushed conspiracy theories, told news organizations he planned to reject a potential plea deal with prosecutors because it would force him to admit to willfully lying, which he insisted he did not do. Continue reading
Nov 16 WikiLeaks chief could see charges, U.S. court filing suggests By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department inadvertently named Julian Assange in a court filing in an unrelated case that suggests prosecutors have prepared charges against the WikiLeaks founder under seal. Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch 3:15 DNC sues Russia, Trump ‘co-conspirators’ over 2016 election meddling A lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee alleges that people close to President Trump and Russian entities conspired to spread documents that were stolen from the DNC to bolster the Trump campaign. The Democratic Party set off a similar… Continue watching
Nov 14 Donald Trump Jr. has released his private tweets with WikiLeaks By Associated Press The revelations are sure to increase calls in Congress to have Trump Jr. testify publicly as part of several committee probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election. And they add a new element to the investigations that have been… Continue reading
Aug 01 Fox News coordinated with White House on false story, lawsuit says By David Bauder, Associated Press An investigator who worked on the Seth Rich case claims Fox News fabricated quotes implicating the murdered Democratic National Committee staffer in the WikiLeaks scandal and coordinated with the Trump administration as it worked on the story. Continue reading
May 24 Watch 5:19 How a baseless conspiracy theory grew around Seth Rich’s murder By PBS News Hour The story of Seth Rich's death, and the baseless conspiracy that grew from it, is a story of how fake news spreads. From websites and online forums like Reddit to primetime cable TV, people claimed he was the source of… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 4:43 News Wrap: Anthony Weiner pleads guilty in sexting case By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner pleaded guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, a scandal that spilled into the presidential race as part of an investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails. Also,… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 3:39 News Wrap: Chelsea Manning released from prison By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning was released from prison after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence for giving thousands of secret documents to WikiLeaks. Also, President Trump will hold off on moving the U.S. Embassy… Continue watching