Let's get one thing straight right off the bat. Assange was never a journalist. I still think he should be protected by the law, but what he did wasn't journalism, and the way he time released it, especially in 2016, lacked any kind of sense that he was objective.
The MSM is being far too quiet about this trial, I agree with that, but is that because people don't give 2 shits about Assange or because of a conspiracy? Maybe a bit of both. Assange helped to elect Trump so he pissed off a lot of the people that would normally stand up for him. The only ones that still love him are people like you that think all his Russian connections and the timing of his releases to harm the Clinton campaign are coincidences.