https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/23/assange_new_indictment/ > Julian Assange has been indicted by the US government on 18 counts of violating the Espionage Act, expanding the legal case against him and raising significant free speech issues. > The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it was effectively accusing the WikiLeaks founder of having acted as a foreign spy when he published hundreds of thousands of highly confidential US government reports, including war logs and diplomatic messages.