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The UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed off on the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, reports El Reg.
Javid's certifying of the US extradition request lodged this week is the first formal step in having Assange sent across the pond. The next phase is tomorrow, when Belmarsh Magistrates' Court will set a date for a full extradition hearing. After that, assuming a district judge (full-time professional magistrate) OKs the extradition, Javid himself will make the final decision on whether or not to send the one-time chief WikiLeaker to America, as UK.gov's website explains. It is almost certain Assange will file an appeal to the High Court after the district judge's ruling, and again (as the law allows) after the Home Secretary's final decision.
In the US, Assange will face charges of violating espionage law.
(Score: 4, Informative) by stretch611 on Friday June 14 2019, @01:07AM (8 children)
Not going to happen... Unless the current head of the US is an idiot or senile. (Oh, wait...)
Why would Trump want Assange here in the US? And someone like Attorney General Bob Barr, who covers for said president isn't thinking this one out either.
While Assange is someone that is not friendly to the democratic party, and is pretty much openly hostile against Obama and the Clintons, he admittedly does love the limelight. How many people here in the US would love to question Assange under oath? I am sure the judge holding the hearings of Roger Stone would love to hear his testimony in court. How many of the still sealed 9 indictments in the court system from the Mueller report have something to do with wikileaks or Julian Assange? Not to mention the earlier indictments against multiple Russians that are out there.
And then, lets face it... how many democrats in the house of representatives would love to force Assange in front of their committees?
And with all this testimony, how many landmines would be embedded in all the questions that Trump would not like people to hear answers?
Obviously, certain people have not figured out how dangerous this can be, or the US would not be looking to extradite Assange.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @03:44AM (7 children)
You are assuming Assange will be allowed to remain alive once he starts giving out inconvenient information.
I would not bet more than you can afford to lose gracefully on this being the case.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @04:21AM (6 children)
If I thought you would pay up, I'd take that bet.
I have no idea how safe he might or might not be in the custody of the Crown [wikipedia.org].
However, once surrendered to the custody (assuming he is, in fact, extradited) of the Federal Marshal's Service [wikipedia.org], I'd expect he'd be put in adminsitrative segregation [ncchc.org] to await trial, and will remain in Federal custody at least until the trial is complete.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @06:04AM (5 children)
Yes. Such a shame nobody knew about his weak heart. The autopsy carried out by prison doctors showed that he had an undiagnosed aortal defect, and that his death was completely unexpected and totally natural causes and not suspicious at all. The remains have been cremated.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @09:18AM (4 children)
I want you to remember what you said here, and once Assange is either acquitted and released or serves his time and is released, you can think back to how much your dark, paranoid ideation interfered with your perception of reality.
When that day comes, I suspect that you're not self-reflective enough to realize how asinine your attitude is today and will just congratulate yourself because you know that's what would always happen.
Have you stopped taking your meds?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday June 14 2019, @12:52PM (3 children)
Yeah, things aren't trending in your direction. As many others have pointed out upthread, the extradition request to Sweden was always a ruse to get Assange into the clutches of the US security state, and they have rightfully said, "I told you so."
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @12:56PM (1 child)
And you believe that Assange will be murdered in Federal custody? Because that's what our off-his-meds paranoiac is predicting.
That won't serve the Trump Administration's goal of attempting to cow the media, now will it?
It won't work, of course. But it will make for more Trumpian soundbites.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @02:01AM
Will no one rid me of this turbulent journalist?
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @01:00PM
Why don't you go drown yourself in the Gowanus Canal.
It won't do you any good, but I'll feel better.