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.