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US government appeals UK ruling against Julian Assange’s extradition
Justice department confirms Joe Biden intends to have WikiLeak’s co-founder stand trial in US
The US government has appealed a UK judge’s ruling against the extradition of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, according to a justice department official.
- Agence France-Presse in Washington
- The Guardian
The appeal made clear that Joe Biden intends to have Assange stand trial on espionage- and hacking-related charges over WikiLeaks’ publication of hundreds of thousands of US…
The justice department had until Friday to file an appeal against the ruling on 4 January that Assange suffered mental…