Julian Assange submission, the United States confirmed its "sensitive, ongoing law enforcement proceeding into the Wikileaks matter." On 13 April 2017, CIA Director Mike Pompeo called WikiLeaks "a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia." On 20 April 2017, US officials told CNN that they were preparing to file formal charges against Assange. United States prosecutors accidentally revealed the existence of criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in an unrelated ongoing sex crime case in the Eastern District of Virginia. Assange visited Sweden in August 2010. During his visit, he became the subject of sexual assault allegations
Julian Assange from two women with whom he had sex. He was questioned, the case was initially closed, and he was told he could leave the country. In November 2010, however, the case was re-opened by a special prosecutor who said that she wanted to question Assange over two counts of sexual molestation, one count of unlawful coercion and one count of "lesser-degree rape" ("mindre grov våldtäkt"). Assange denied the allegations and said he was happy to face questions in Britain. In 2010, the prosecutor said Swedish law prevented her from questioning anyone by video link or in the London embassy. In