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posted by janrinok on Thursday June 13 2019, @07:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the would-totally-not-happen dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @06:04AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @06:04AM (#855422)

    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)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @09:18AM (#855453)

    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)

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday June 14 2019, @12:52PM (#855511) Journal

      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)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @12:56PM (#855514)

        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

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @02:01AM (#855855)

          Will no one rid me of this turbulent journalist?

      • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @01:00PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 14 2019, @01:00PM (#855518)

        Why don't you go drown yourself in the Gowanus Canal.

        It won't do you any good, but I'll feel better.