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Inside Julian Assange's wild, weird childhood tied to 'blonde hair' cult The Family
June 29, 2024 | 9:00amAssange's mother dated a member of the notorious cult The Family, who then used cult connections to stalk her all over Australia.
Julian Assange plans to swim in ocean ‘every day' and looks forward to 'real bed' after release
June 27, 2024 | 9:20amWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to savor his time as a free man by taking daily dips in the ocean, sleeping in a proper bed and eating real food, his...
Julian Assange touches down in Australia to reunite with kids who have only known him as a prisoner
June 26, 2024 | 5:55amSpeaking at a press conference just hours after his arrival, Assange’s wife choked up as she said he “needs time” to recuperate and reunite with their two young kids, aged...
Julian Assange flew to freedom on same $40M private jet Taylor Swift chartered to Super Bowl
June 25, 2024 | 6:24pmWhere do the worlds of pop-superstardom and international espionage meet? Aboard a $40 million private jet at 41,000 feet, of course.
Julian Assange pleads guilty to publishing American military secrets -- allowing him to head home to Australia
June 25, 2024 | 5:48pmJulian Assange has pleaded guilty to publishing classified American military secrets, according to reports – opening the door for the WikiLeaks founder to return home to Australia for the first...
Julian Assange is not a hero — but a self-righteous lowlife lucky to be set free
June 25, 2024 | 5:30pmAnarchists and America-haters might cheer the release of Julian Assange after striking a plea deal with US prosecutors, but make no mistake: He’s no hero.
RFK Jr. hails Assange plea deal, calls for statue in DC in his image as a 'civics lesson' on 'Piers Morgan Uncensored'
June 25, 2024 | 4:55pmIndependent presidential aspirant Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lauded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's release from prison and called for a statue to be erected in his image.
White House claims it had no role in Julian Assange deal — despite Biden saying he was 'considering' it
June 25, 2024 | 1:51pmThe White House denied Tuesday that it was involved in the feds’ plea deal allowing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to his native Australia — despite President Biden previously saying he was “considering” it.
Assange dropping $500K for flight to remote island to avoid setting foot on US mainland
June 25, 2024 | 7:09amWikileaks founder Julian Assange paid half a million dollars to fly to a remote island thousands of miles from mainland America after accepting a plea deal with the US government and being...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a US court and later freedom
June 25, 2024 | 3:10amA plane believed to be carrying Julian Assange landed Tuesday in Bangkok.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be freed after 5 years in UK prison after accepting US plea deal
June 24, 2024 | 7:29pmWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accepted a plea deal with the US government that will free him from prison and allow him to avoid jail time in the States over his leaking...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal US extradition order: UK court
May 20, 2024 | 8:18amHigh Court judges Victoria Sharp and Jeremy Johnson said Assange has grounds to challenge the United Kingdom’s government’s extradition order.
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces US extradition judgment day
May 19, 2024 | 4:05amIt is also possible the judges could decide that Monday's hearing should consider not just whether he can appeal but also the substance of that appeal.
Biden 'considering' ending Julian Assange case — after Trump also flirted with idea
April 10, 2024 | 5:13pmJulian Assange has lived for five years in a British prison as he challenges US efforts to extradite him to face 18 counts of breaking the law to leak American...
RFK Jr. renews pledge to pardon 'American hero' Edward Snowden if elected: 'I'm going to build a statue to him'
April 2, 2024 | 6:22pmThe Kennedy scion rolled out a petition calling for the pardon of Snowden -- while hailing the now-Russian resident for exposing highly classified domestic government surveillance operations.
US considering plea deal for WikiLeaks' Julian Assange to end extradition battle: report
March 21, 2024 | 12:46amBrokering a deal would ideally end the Australian native's long legal fight with the British government to avoid being extradited to the US.
WikiLeaks founder Assange may be near the end of his long fight to stay out of the US
February 19, 2024 | 1:55amWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fight to avoid facing spying charges in the United States may be nearing an end following a protracted legal saga in the UK that included seven years...
Ben & Jerry's co-founder busted in DC while protesting Julian Assange prosecution
July 6, 2023 | 8:27pm"There's no democracy without freedom of the press because the press is the only thing that can hold government accountable," Cohen said.
Haley’s Rx on China, why Assange must be freed and other commentary
June 27, 2023 | 5:14pm“The hour is late,” but “if we rally now, the Chinese Communist Party will end up on the ash-heap of history, like the Soviet Communist Party before it," Nikki Haley...
Australian lawmakers meet US envoy to seek release of Julian Assange
May 9, 2023 | 3:23amThe "Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group" said it had informed the U.S. envoy of "the widespread concern in Australia" about the continued detention of Assange.