Judge will rule on January 4 whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US on espionage charges By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 17:16 BST, 1 October 2020 | Updated: 17:24 BST, 1 October 2020 Julian Assange’s extradition fate will be decided on January 4, a British judge said today. Judge Vanessa … Read more
Decision on whether Julian Assange will be extradited to the States won’t be made until after US election, judge says WikiLeaks founder fighting being sent to the US for allegedly leaking documents His defence claims move is politically motivated under President Donald Trump Assange, 49, faces an 18-count indictment alleging a plot to hack computers By … Read more
The US government is wrong to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with publishing unredacted classified documents because they had already appeared online, a court has heard. Computer scientist Professor Christian Grothoff said the organisation was not the first to make public 251,000 diplomatic cables when they appeared on its website on September 2, 2011. Assange, … Read more
Donald Trump ‘offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a win-win deal to avoid extradition to US if he revealed source of the hacking of Democratic party emails’, court hears Jennifer Robinson, one Assange’s lawyer’s, made statement at Old Bailey today She recalled a meeting with two Trump allies in Ecuadorian embassy in 2017 She claimed they … Read more