Julian Assange hopes to avoid U.S. extradition in final legal challenge



WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is attempting a final legal challenge to avoid being sent to the United States on spying charges. NBC News’ Josh Lederman reports on when to expect a verdict from Assange’s extradition hearing. 

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27 comments

  1. His wife wants to actually be married to Navalny so bad. Assange lived in a room at an embassy for six years. During that time he could have stood up to justice, made his case to the public and been in and out of jail already. We don’t have frozen gulags in Alaska’s arctic circle here. Rich, white people like him go to the equivalent of country clubs.

  2. this man is a patriot along with snowden.

  3. Send him to Australia where he belongs! Australia is a very free country. I spent my youth in Vic.

    I think I know his ancestors came from Wales and Sweden!

  4. Holes are where spies should go

  5. Send him to Russia , he worked for them they can be stuck with him

  6. If any spy is hailed as a hero why even have espionage laws .

  7. WILLIAM ASSAGE FREE FREE FREE AMEN !

  8. He's responsible for his own fate.

  9. Is a hero this country is a war criminal and genocide

  10. Julian Assange needs live in JAIL………………………………………

  11. Finally time to face responsibility for his actions. Opponents have just as many problems showing proof of their premise as the people trying to impeach President Biden.

  12. If AMERICA IS ALLOWED TO INCARCERATE ASSANGE THEN THE WHOLE WORLD HAS FAILED BEING GOOD HUMAN BEINGS & GOD WILL SEE THE FINAL END TO MISS AMERICA!!!! AMERICANS BETTER HOPE THEIR GOVERNMENT STOPS PURSUING ASSANGE BECAUSE ITS THE CIVILIANS THAT WILL GO FIRST BUDDY!!!🧠🧠🧠💯

  13. This poor man must be freed.

    What the evil US and their UK poodle has done to him is reprehensible.

  14. He’s a public servant. Snowden is a hero. There is no justice if he is sent back

  15. Assange is a hero ! Period ! Full stop !

  16. BIDEN AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE CALLING OUT PUTIN FOR THE KILLING OF NAVALNY BUT THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING TO THIS GUY…. HOPEFULLY TRUMP CAN SAVE HIS LIFE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

  17. At last! Let's get this Russian intelligence operative to the USA so we can give him the maximum. Ridiculous so much of the world has fallen for the BS put out by this dude.

  18. He did not break any law he was doing his job and told the world the truth

  19. This is a mirror image of Alexéi Navalny. The American government is no better than the Russian government. I guess two wrongs make a right.

  20. Ah yes the American Navalny

  21. FREE JULIAN ASSANGE HERO FROM BELMARSH PRISON UK 🇬🇧

  22. Most people at this point, know that he is completely innocent and is being target by the very people and government that he exposed for committing various crimes against its own people and war crimes and torture. Very powerful people in the United States government are afraid of this man because he is the most capable of exposing them for even more of their crimes and dark secrets they want to remain hidden.

  23. From the U.S. Supreme Court thru the District & Local Courts, to every Judge, Prosecutor & Defense Attorney. We the American People understand what's going on with the cases against President Trump, what we the American People DON'T understand is why would the Whole of the Judicial System allow this Circus to go on?
    The Injustices, from Novel legal Theory's, Changing of Statutes & Statutes of limitations to the Denial of Due Process and Outright Public Display of Bias all Sandwiched in Corruption, why is this Country's Judicial System allowing this to Proceed? The Evaporating Trust that Americans have in this Country's Legal System will not be due to the Soros backed Prosecutors bringing this Circus, it will fall Squarely on the Shoulders of every single one in OUR Judicial System that doesn't Speak Out and Stop the Destruction of the Rule of Law in America! It needs to Stop NOW!
    -&567

  24. He will flee to live with Snowden in Moscow. Just another spy.