Crime | Julian Assange Assange Lawyers Furious Over Leaked Police Report World overwhelmed with sympathy By Kevin Spak Posted Dec 19, 2010 3:10 PM CST Copied Julian Assange head of WikiLeaks gestures during a press conference at the home of Frontline Club founding member Vaughan Smith, at Bungay, England, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) The next sound you hear will be the world’s tiniest violin playing for Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder’s Swedish lawyer has announced that he will lodge a formal complaint because—wait for it—it’s not fair that police documents surrounding Assange’s case were leaked to the media. “It puts Julian and his defense in a bad position,” he told a colleague, according to the Australian. “I do not like the idea that Julian may be forced into a trial in the media,” he continues. “I do not know who has given these documents to the media, but the purpose can only be one thing — trying to make Julian look bad.” Other supporters complained that the Guardian, which has published many of Assange’s WikiLeaks reveals, should treat its top source better. But a spokesman for the paper said that was an argument that “all journalists would find ridiculous.” Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. Iran just executed one of its own nuclear scientists. Report an error