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The Justice Department said Assange's actions risked serious harm to United States national security.

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

Statement: The Justice Department said Assange's actions risked serious harm to United States national security.
Field: stated_justification
Value: DOJ alleges harm to national security
About: incident 2019-us-assange-espionage-act-indictment
Source: Julian Assange charged with violating Espionage Act in 18-count indictment archived copy
Publisher: ABC News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-05-23

Quotation from the source

Assange's actions risked serious harm to United States national security to the benefit of our adversaries.