Posted on 06/08/2023 9:36:36 PM PDT by bitt
Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to the US on espionage charges.
The judgment was handed down privately on Monday at the High Court.
WikiLeaks founder Assange, 51, launched the appeal last June after then-Home Secretary Priti Patel signed an order authorizing his removal.
Yesterday his wife Stella said that he will appeal the decision. It will be Assange's last chance to overturn the ruling before his options in the UK courts are exhausted.
The Freedom of the Press Foundation said it was 'highly disappointed by the UK High Court's rejection of Julian Assange's appeal of his extradition to the United States on Espionage Act charges.'
Director of Advocacy Seth Stern said: 'The idea of Assange or anyone being tried in a U.S. court for obtaining and publishing confidential documents the same way investigative reporters do every day should be terrifying to all Americans.
'If [President Joe] Biden lets this case proceed, future administrations will surely use the precedent of the Assange prosecution, and the unconstitutional authority to criminalize newsgathering that Biden is claiming, to go after journalists they don't like.
'It's time for Biden to drop this case and show the world he's serious about press freedom.'
There is still a chance that his extradition could be blocked by a last minute intervention from judges in Europe.
In December, Assange appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.
To halt his extradition now, the European Court would have to issue an emergency injunction known as a Rule 39 order.
This allows a judge to effectively block any action until further legal proceedings to decide on the merits of a case.
These so-called 'interim measures' are typically used to suspend an extradition, often by asylum seekers who fear persecution if they are returned to their home country.
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another amazing timing coincidence..
Snowden’s decision to go to Russia is starting to look wiser and wiser....
Why didn’t President Trump pardon him?
Pentagon Papers
Julian will be punished for dumping Hillary’s emails and helping Trump win. That’s what the extradition is about.
Assange didn’t kill himself.
Yet, anyway.
Trump, who may soon be a political prisoner, should have pardoned Assange.
Yes indeed. I can't imagine what bad advice Trump was given, what stupid ideas he may have held, or possibly how Trump was threatened on this.
Assange, even if he said or did nothing in his freedom, would be a wedge to deflect the deep-state and also a badge of honor to Trump now facing the very similar lawfare.
It really was a huge mistake
Trump should have pardoned Assage but was threatened by those in his on party (ie McConnel). Trump was impeached anyway.
Unfortunately this charade wasn’t limited to the current administration.
Carlson noted Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader McConnell “sent word over to the White House: ‘If you pardon Julian Assange, we are much more likely to convict you in an impeachment trial. ‘”Jan 21, 2021
Trump was threatened with removal from office if he pardoned Assange.
Sounds like he’s gonna get a great big dose of The Big Guy’s Department of Just Us.
Reporting information received from others isn’t the same as being paid to funnel military tech from the WH to china
Yes and Pompeo was one of them.
I never expected Trump to pardon Assange while in office. But what about on his last day as President?
Maybe he had his hands full with the election steal and Jan. 6th. Maybe his orders would’ve been ignored. Milley had already commandeered authority over the U.S. military at that time and Trump was facing blame for Jan. 6th. A lot was going on.
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