The president of USA, Joe Bidensaid this Wednesday that he is considering ending the legal process against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.
“We are considering it,” he said. Biden In statements to the press at the White House when asked about the request that the Australian Prime Minister has been making for months, Anthony Albaneseso that the case against Assange.
In November 2023, Albanese He said he had transferred representatives of EU his request to close the case against the founder of WikiLeaks and, in February this year, backed a motion in the Australian Parliament calling for an end to the legal process.
Assange52, faces more than 18 criminal charges for crimes against the US Espionage Act and risks being sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.
The Australian journalist is detained in the high security prison of Berlmarsh (United Kingdom) since in 2019 the Ecuadorian embassy in London withdraw the asylum that was granted to him in 2012. EFE
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