Julian Assange says the Department of Justice (DoJ) investigation of Hillary Clinton “set a new standard” and the WikiLeaks founder is now demanding the precedents set by the DoJ should be applied to their never ending case against him. Assange appeared on CNN’s The Lead on Monday via video link from the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been exiled since 2012. “Our D.C. lawyers are delivering a letter tomorrow to Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking her to explain why it is that the now six-year-long national security and criminal investigation being run against WikiLeaks, the reason I have political asylum, has not been closed,” he said. “Because the DOJ, whose actions seem to be setting a new standard by closing the Hillary Clinton case,” Assange added. “The Hillary Clinton case has only gone for one year. “Hillary Clinton’s case has been dropped, the case against WikiLeaks continues. So why is it that the, quote, ‘pending law enforcement proceedings’ against WikiLeaks continue? There’s a problem here.” Assange isn’t the first to “plead the Hillary.” Last week a US Navy sailor asked for leniency after pleading guilty to “unlawful retention of national defense information,” pointing to similarities between Clinton’s case [...]
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