No, he republished information given to him by leakers. Just like the NY Slimes, WA Compost and other commie rags here, did. Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers ring a bell? Who at the Slimes was even tried, let alone tossed into prison? In the court case filed by the SLimes the SCOTUS (6-3) let them publish without censorship.
The problem is he can’t mount this kind of case under the terms of the trial the DOJ have in mind ...
I believe they want a rigged show trial in DC or Virginia with the jury pool (D’s mostly who work for government agencies or their partners do).
The whole thing is going to be a gross violation.
I believe his lawyers are saying they want a trial but somewhere else other than DC