first published a trove of classified material from the u.s. military, including this video of a u.s. apache strike on suspected iraqi insurgents that killed civilians, as well. it was stolen by chelsea manning, a former american soldier. the u.s. indictment accuses assange of helping manning hack defense department computers. assange's lawyer today trying to make the case that he's a journalist. >> this precedent means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the united states for having published truthful information about the united states. >> reporter: today's indictment does not mention wikileaks' role in the 2016 election. publishing thousands of emails that russian hackers stole from hillary clinton's campaign chairman and the democratic national committee. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> reporter: in the weeks before the election, president trump mentioned wikileaks nearly 140 times. >> this wikileaks is like a treasure trove. boy, i love reading those wikileaks.