A Vatican computer expert has also been indicted and is accused of aiding and abetting Mr. Gabriele, and his trial is expected to begin soon.
As well as the prospect of a trial in Sweden, there is a growing consensus among US constitutional lawyers and other legal experts that Assange will be indicted by Washington.
Liebherr paid for a study from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, which concluded that the cause was unstable ground the same conclusion reached by police experts; based on this, police indicted nine construction workers.
A New York State man who described himself as an expert in mold remediation was indicted on Friday by a federal grand jury on charges of misrepresenting his services to three Connecticut school districts.
(Some legal experts think the president could be indicted without being impeached, but it's unclear if that would hold up or what it would look like).
Other experts note that the court's prosecutors have indicted only suspects from conflicts in Africa, which have not offered a true test of United States support for the court.
But experts question whether such a move might embolden the indicted leaders — who are not in custody and have agreed to participate thus far, avoiding the need for arrest warrants — to begin defying the court.
The case against the group "has not proceeded very far and it appears that its leaders may eventually be indicted with lesser charges, if at all," David Streckfuss, an expert in Thai politics, wrote in The Bangkok Post on Tuesday.
(Some legal experts think Mueller could indict Trump without the cooperation of Congress, but that would be messy, to say the least).
Dolatabadi also reportedly announced on Monday that a Lebanese technology expert, Nizar Zakka, who has been held in Iran since last September, had been indicted.
