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Washington's lawyers are hoping to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to face 18 charges relating to the release of 500,000 secret files from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out Monday whether he can be extradited from the UK to the US. Should the extradition be approved, Assange would face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military documents. But according to Newser, whichever side loses is expected to appeal, which could lead to years more legal wrangling. Stella Moris is Assange's partner and the mother of his two sons. She's appealed to President Trump via Twitter to grant a pardon to Assange before he leaves office. Lawyers for the US government said in their hearing in the fall that Assange's defense team had raised issues that were neither relevant nor admissible.
Assange has been fighting a years-long battle to avoid facing trial in the US.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges including breaking a spying law. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot tells us more.
Assange supporters gather outside the High Court in London, as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is given permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the United States. IMAGES