Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents.

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    9 months ago

    Assange is not an American citizen.

    These days it’s a public issue in Australia that their ally the US is doing this instead of handing him to them. It makes their politicians look weak.

    So there’s political pressure on Biden from Australia on this.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      He was literally extradited to the US? Of course he can be pardoned, the US is the country hunting him