Espionage Act

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty in a US court to receiving and publishing US military secrets after striking a deal with prosecutors that ensured his freedom.

Former US President Donald Trump has 37 indictments, including 31 for violating the Espionage Act. The indictment alleges that Trump kept documents containing nuclear secrets and military plans in a bathroom at his Florida mansion.

The 49-page indictment was released last night by the Justice Department and details how Trump stored boxes of classified documents in various locations.

Federal prosecutors will urge a judge Thursday to keep behind bars a Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents, arguing he may still have access to secret national defense information he could expose.

A court in Istanbul rejected an appeal on June 28 to free a U.S. Consulate staffer on bail during his trial on charges of espionage.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden was given the permission to stay for another two years in Russia according to a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova.

After that period he has the legal right to become a Russian citizen according to the Russian law.