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Media silent on dismissal of DNC suit against Julian Assange
2 August 2019

A federal court ruling last Tuesday, dismissing a Democratic National
Committee (DNC) civil suit against Julian Assange “with prejudice,” was
a devastating indictment of the US ruling elite’s campaign to destroy
the WikiLeaks founder and of the entire “Russiagate” conspiracy theory
peddled by the Democratic Party, corporate media outlets and the
intelligence agencies for the past three years.

The decision, by Judge John Koeltl of the US District Court for the
Southern District of New York, rejected the smears that Assange
“colluded” with Russia. It upheld his status as a journalist and
publisher and dismissed claims that WikiLeaks’ 2016 publication of
leaked emails from the DNC was “illegal.”

Despite the significance of the ruling, and its clear newsworthiness, it
has been subjected to an almost complete blackout by the entire media in
the US and internationally.

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