Assange pleaded guilty to journalism. You should change your Espionage Act so that talking to a source like journalists do all the time doesn’t land people in prison. Tyvm, the world.
Someone hasn’t read the plea deal…
You do realise that his source, Manning, is American. It’s the Manning leaks he was prosecuted for. There is no mention of collusion with any country in the indictment or plea.
It wouldn’t be a deal if they didn’t knock the charges down. This is normal. They got Al Capone for taxes. That doesn’t mean they’re coming after the working class mom who made 5 dollars on Etsy last year. And they aren’t going after actual journalists.