Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that while Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information would generally be enough to move forward with prosecution, authorities “seem to have changed the standard” to exempt her from the law.
In an interview with NPR, Assange said the Espionage Act empowers the government to prosecute people who mishandle classified information “with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States.” He said Clinton’s behavior was problematic under the law, even if she did not intend to violate it.
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