Read the article. This guy was an executive and 7 or 8 other executive were charged as well.
He happened to be the executive in charge of engineering. He also plead guilty.
He happened to be the executive in charge of engineering. He also plead guilty.
Pleading guilty, however, is as much a sign of pragmatic intelligence as actual guilt, especially when dealing with federal law enforcement in the US.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/business/volkswagen-diese...
Keep in mind that Assange is essentially the head of a news organization, and famous himself (in a related fashion). He can say both facts and opinions and they will be picked up and carried by others without checking the veracity or likelihood of being true because of his celebrity. Additionally, people will exaggerate his claims based on their own agendas. It's worth looking into the situation before accepting his take on it, or even that of his supporters, verbatim.