U. S. intelligence agencies have said that WikiLeaks disclosed emails stolen in a covert Russian intelligence operation to help Trump and hurt Clinton.
«Another procedure short of sealing will not adequately protect the needs of law enforcement at this time because, due to the sophistication of the defendant and the publicity surrounding the case, no other procedure is likely to keep confidential the fact that Assange has been charged,» prosecutors wrote in the August 22 filing that was then unsealed November 8.
