British Judge Approves Extradition of Assange to U.S.
The move doesn’t exhaust the legal options for Julian Assange, whose lawyers have four weeks to make submissions to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel, who has final say on the extradition.
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British District Judge Paul Goldspring has formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges after the U.K. Supreme Court last month refused Assange permission to appeal against a lower court’s ruling that he could be extradited, reports the Associated Press.
The U.S. has asked British authorities to extradite Assange so he can stand trial on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse, alleging that he unlawfully helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk. The move doesn’t exhaust the legal options for Assange, whose lawyers have four weeks to make submissions to Home Secretary Priti Patel, who has final say on the extradition.
