Thursday, August 01, 2019

Will you help expose the conspiracy against Assange?



This week's decision by District Court Judge John Koeltl dismissing the Democratic Party's lawsuit against Julian Assange exposes the political establishment's conspiracy against Assange and free speech.
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The judge said the Democrats' claims that Assange "conspired" with the Russian government is "divorced from the facts." He labeled WikiLeaks an “international news organization” and said Assange is a “publisher.” Judge Koeltl wrote:
 
"If WikiLeaks could be held liable for publishing documents concerning the DNC’s political financial and voter-engagement strategies simply because the DNC labels them ‘secret’ and trade secrets, then so could any newspaper or other media outlet. But that would impermissibly elevate a purely private privacy interest to override the First Amendment interest in the publication of matters of the highest public concern. The DNC’s published internal communications allowed the American electorate to look behind the curtain of one of the two major political parties in the United States during a presidential election. This type of information is plainly of the type entitled to the strongest protection that the First Amendment offers."
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