Assange revealed truthful, newsworthy information’: Assange lawyer says

Julian Assange’s legal team have left the court and are now speaking on the case before the media.

“The prosecution of Julian Assange is unprecedented in the 100 years of the Espionage Act, it has never been used by the United States to pursue a publisher, a journalist, like Mr Assange,” Assange’s US lawyer Barry Pollack said standing next to Assange’s UK and Australian counsel, Jennifer Robinson.

“Mr Assange revealed truthful, newsworthy information, including revealing that the United States had committed war crimes,” Pollack continued.

“He has suffered tremendously in his fight for free speech, for freedom of the press, and to ensure that the American public and the world community gets truthful and important newsworthy information.

“We firmly believe that Mr Assange never should have been charged under the Espionage Act and engaged in [an] exercise that journalists engage in everyday – and we are thankful that they do.”

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julian-assange-freed-live-updates-wikileaks-founder-set-to-return-to-australia-ahead-of-us-plea-deal-20240625-p5joqy.html?post=p576s8#p576s8

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