U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy said there could be a “resolution” to the Justice Department’s pursuit of Julian Assange. Assange, an Australian citizen, has been held in a London prison since 2019 while combating U.S. extradition efforts. Dan Rothwell, an international law expert at Australian National University, told the Morning Herald that he believes a likely outcome would involve American authorities downgrading the charges against Assange in exchange for a guilty plea, while taking into account the four years he has already spent in prison.“This is a sign that they don’t want this playing out in American courts, particularly during an election cycle,” Shipton told Sky News on Monday, “so the U.S. administration is really looking for an off-ramp here for what is an extremely, extremely controversial press freedom prosecution.”
At theintercept.com
