Bipartisan House lawmakers demand Biden drop Julian Assange case – IOTW Report

Bipartisan House lawmakers demand Biden drop Julian Assange case

JTN: Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and James McGovern, D-Mass., are leading a House of Representatives letter demanding President Joe Biden to stop prosecuting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to the U.S.

The two congressmen asked fellow House lawmakers to join their bipartisan attempt to “strongly encourage the Biden administration to withdraw the U.S. extradition request currently pending against Australian publisher Julian Assange and halt all prosecutorial proceedings against him as soon as possible,” according to a “Dear Colleague” letter, Fox News Digital reported Monday.

“Mr. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, faces multiple charges under the Espionage Act due to his role in publishing classified documents about the U.S. State Department, Guantánamo Bay, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” the letter that the lawmakers plan on sending Biden states. more here

6 Comments on Bipartisan House lawmakers demand Biden drop Julian Assange case

  1. Keeping Assange imprisoned without due process is criminal, but what is worse is keeping Jan.6 defendants imprisoned without similar due process.

    I don’t know what Alliance Defending Freedom or other non-profit legal organizations committed to protecting our civil liberties are doing behind the scenes but it sure would be nice if our elected representatives, including DJT, would make more of a stink and a public outcry to this clear breach of the rule of law.

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