US court document suggests charges against Assange

WASHINGTON – US Department of Justice inadvertently appointed Julian Assange in one judicial document about an independent case, suggesting that the prosecution could have prepared loads against the founder of WikiLeaks under summary secrecy.

The name of Assange appears twice in the criminal record presented in August by the Virginia Federal Attorney, who had tried to keep the secret in a separate case involving a man accused of having forced a child to have sex.

In one sentence, the prosecutor wrote that the loads and the arrest warrant "should remain confidential until the date of Assange be arrested in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and, therefore, can not evade or avoid further detention and extradition in this case. "

Elsewhere in the document, the prosecutor stated that "due to the sophistication of the accused and the publicity surrounding the case, no other proceedings maintain confidentiality on the fact that Assange has been accused"

Any accusation against Assange could help clarify whether Russia has coordinated with the team of President Donald Trump to influence the 2016 presidential election. This would also suggest that after years of conflict within the Ministry of Justice, the prosecution would have decided to adopt a more aggressive tactic against the site specializing in confidential information.

The reason the name of Assange The document was not clear in the meantime, but Joshua Stueve, spokesperson for the Eastern District of Virginia – who investigated Assange He noted that "the judicial act had been made by mistake, it was not the name provided in this document".

The Washington Post reported Thursday night, quoting sources close to the case, that Assange yes he had been accused.

It was also not known immediately what the fees charged to Assange, who spent years at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

The US Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, recently dismissed, said last year that the arrest of Assange It was a priority. Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has investigated whether Trump activists knew in advance the Democratic emails posted on WikiLeaks in the weeks leading up to the 2016 elections and which, according to the authorities, were allegedly hacked by Moscow.

Any arrest could be a significant advance in Mueller's investigation into whether the Trump team coordinated with Russia to influence the White House race.

One of the lawyers AssangeBarry Pollack said this week that he had no information on any accusations from the WikiLeaks founder.