Claim 238

Assistant Attorney General John Demers said Assange's conduct showed he was not a journalist.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Assistant Attorney General John Demers said Assange's conduct showed he was not a journalist.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Demers says Assange is not a journalist
About: incident 2019-us-assange-espionage-act-indictment
Source: Julian Assange charged with violating Espionage Act in 18-count indictment
Publisher: ABC News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-05-23

Quotation from the source

Julian Assange is no journalist, this is made plain by the totality of his conduct as alleged in the indictment.