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NEW: Remember how there was that court filing with the name "Assange" in it, causing speculation that there might be a sealed criminal case against Julian Assange? Per new filing, the gov't is neither confirming nor denying that charges exist assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5280…
The @rcfp asked a federal judge to unseal any Assange records that do exist. The govt's filing today opposes that, arguing it's premature absent confirmation that there is a case at all — and they say the First Amendment + common law don't require the govt to disclose that now
@rcfp The govt warns that if the court ordered records unsealed before charges are confirmed or denied, it would undermine the reason why pre-arrest info is typically kept secret — so that potential targets don't have time to flee or destroy evidence
Here's the application that @rcfp filed on Nov. 16 asking a judge to unseal any criminal case records related to Julian Assange: rcfp.org/sites/default/… Arguments are scheduled for tomorrow morning in the Eastern District of Virginia
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Some fireworks in court this morning as a judge criticized the lawyer representing Concord Management & Consulting in the special counsel Russian troll farm case for his language and harsh words about Mueller's office in filings — "unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective"
The judge told attorney Eric Dubelier that his strategy was "ineffective" and that his approach to filings — including pop culture quotes (see: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5676…) and accusing Mueller's office basically of lawlessness — was "undermining your credibility in this courthouse"
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Remember how prosecutors accused Paul Manafort of breaching his plea deal? His lawyers are due to file a response today about that — recall that at a Dec. 11 hearing, Manafort's lawyers said they needed more time to decide if they agreed or not with the govt's claims re: lying
There's no time deadline on this filing due today from Manafort's lawyer, so it could come at any time before midnight, which is always fun
For a refresher on what prosecutors accused Manafort of lying about after he signed his plea deal and was supposed to be cooperating with the government (including allegations that he lied about contacts with Trump admin officials): buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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I made a presentation at the public forum in SF on the topic of prosecution of Julian #Assange & the US war on the First Amendment. Here are the slides that I used to explore the role of corporate media in this war. nozomihayase.com/wp-content/upl… #WikiLeaks
Last month, public learned that criminal charges against #Assange exist under seal. This attack on the publisher that we are now seeing didn’t begin with the Trump administration. This is an escalation of Obama’s war on whistleblowers.
Roots of this war go much deeper. A spark for this war was lit in 2008. There is a documentation about the US counterintelligence’s investigation into #WikiLeaks, where the US intelligence viewed WikiLeaks as a threat to US military. wikileaks.org/wiki/U.S._Inte…
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Gillard government betrayed Assange. She deliberately passed a new law after talking with the US thereby "creating" a justification for extradition just before her making an embarrassing idiotic claim that wikileaks was illegal. businessinsider.com.au/australian-gov…
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More evidence of Australia's betrayal of Assange by colluding with the US. This is from 2010 onwards. Labor party. People involved are the same who were involved in the coup that removed Kevin Rudd as PM. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
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