US opens bid to extradite Assange from UK

By Marty Silk
Updated May 1 2019 - 3:13pm, first published 3:09pm
The US will move to extradite Julian Assange so it can try him for the charge of computer intrusion.
The US will move to extradite Julian Assange so it can try him for the charge of computer intrusion.

Julian Assange is set to face his first US extradition hearing in London, with the case likely to boil down to the WikiLeaks founder's motivations and whether he acted as a journalist or a computer hacker.

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