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brooklynite

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Fri Jun 14, 2019, 08:30 AM Jun 2019

Julian Assange to face US extradition hearing in UK next year

Source: The Guardian

Julian Assange will face a five-day US extradition hearing in February next year, a judge has ruled.

The WikiLeaks founder faces an 18-count indictment, issued by the US Department of Justice, that includes charges under the Espionage Act.

At Westminster magistrates court on Friday, the chief magistrate, Emma Arbuthnot, ordered that a full extradition hearing should begin on 25 February.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jun/14/julian-assange-to-face-us-extradition-hearing-in-uk-next-year

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Julian Assange to face US extradition hearing in UK next year (Original Post) brooklynite Jun 2019 OP
And when tRump gets through Assange will have a full pardon and Medal of Honor groundloop Jun 2019 #1
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