Multiple US Officials Confronted About US Assange Hypocrisy On World Press Freedom Day by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2023-05-04T10:41:10Z Wednesday was World Press Freedom Day, and it saw US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and Deputy State Department Spokesman Vedant Patel confronted about the glaring hypocrisy of the Biden administration's persecution of Julian Assange for the crime of good journalism. Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics