Posted 12/16/2023, 8:53:00 AM
Bipartisan Group Calls for Dropping Charges Against Assange, Citing Press Freedoms
- Bipartisan resolution calls for dropping charges against Assange for publishing classified docs, cites 1st Amendment protections for journalism
- Assange facing 17 Espionage Act charges for publishing docs exposing Iraq/Afghanistan war crimes, CIA torture
- Resolution warns prosecuting Assange would set dangerous precedent for criminalizing journalism
- Sponsored by unusual coalition including progressives like Omar and conservatives like Gosar, Greene
- Comes after prior bipartisan efforts this year urging Biden to drop case, citing lack of harm from publications