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Biden considering Australia's request to drop Wikileaks founder Assange's prosecution

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President Joe Biden says he's considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for...

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  1. NBC News

    Biden says he is 'considering' Australia's request to end Julian Assange's prosecution (opens NBC News)

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    President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that he is "considering" a request from Australia for the U.S. to end the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

  2. WBTW Myrtle Beach

    Biden says he’s considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Assange (opens WBTW Myrtle Beach)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a…

  3. Gizmodo

    Biden Says He's 'Considering' Request to Drop Prosecution of Julian Assange (opens Gizmodo)

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    The Australian government recently asked the U.S. to drop charges against the Wikileaks cofounder.

  4. CNN

    Biden says US is considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Julian Assange (opens CNN)

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    President Joe Biden told reporters at the White House Wednesday that his administration is “considering” a request from Australia to drop charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

  5. The Guardian

    Biden says he is ‘considering’ Australian call to drop Julian Assange charges (opens The Guardian)

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    US prosecutors say the WikiLeaks founder encouraged and helped Chelsea Manning steal classified files before publishing them

  6. New York Times

    Biden Says U.S. Is Considering Dropping Its Case Against Assange (opens New York Times)

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    The WikiLeaks founder has been held in London as he has battled extradition to the United States on charges related to his publication of classified documents.

  7. Portland Press Herald

    Biden considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks’s Julian Assange (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of a trove of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago.

  8. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Biden says he’s considering Australia’s request to drop prosecution of Julian Assange (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage charges and one charge of computer misuse over his website’s publication of a trove of classified U.S. documents almost 15 years ago.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Biden ‘considering’ ending prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Biden is weighing ending the yearslong prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stemming from his 2010 publication of classified U.S. Army intelligence.

  10. News Nation Now

    Biden ‘considering’ Australia’s request to drop Assange prosecution (opens News Nation Now)

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    President Joe Biden told reporters Wednesday that he is considering Australia's request for the United States to drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

  11. Quartz

    Biden is 'considering' dropping charges against Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange (opens Quartz)

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    The Australian government is asking, and the U.S. president is mulling it over.

  12. Forbes

    Biden Says U.S. ‘Considering’ Ending Prosecution Of Julian Assange (opens Forbes)

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    The Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with espionage in 2019, and he has been fighting extradition since then.

  13. PBS NewsHour

    Biden says he's considering Australia's request to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    For years, Australia has called on the U.S. to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought U.S. extradition efforts from prison in the U.K.

  14. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Biden considering Australia's request to drop Wikileaks founder Assange's prosecution (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    President Joe Biden says he's considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for...

  15. Deutsche Welle

    Biden considers Australia request to drop Assange case – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    On the fifth anniversary of Julian Assange's UK incarceration, Joe Biden said he is considering dropping the US prosecution push against the Wikileaks founder. Assange's home country Australia has called for his release.

  16. The Columbian

    Wife of Julian Assange says Biden’s comments mean case could be moving in the right direction (opens The Columbian)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a tr

  17. Salon

    Biden says he's "considering" Australian request to drop charges against Julian Assange (opens Salon)

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    The U.S. government has accused the WikiLeaks founder of encouraging hacking to obtain classified documents

  18. Fox News

    Biden considers Australia's plea to drop prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (opens Fox News)

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    President Joe Biden said on April 10, 2024, that he was considering Australia's request to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks.

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