A group of House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Biden administration to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing up to 175 years in prison for exposing US war crimes if extradited to the US and convicted.
The letter was led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and also signed by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Greg Casar (D-TX).
Tuesday marked four years since Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and sent to Belmarsh prison, where he is still being held today on no charges. “Four years ago today, Julian Assange was arrested for publishing the truth,” Tlaib wrote on Twitter.
“I’m leading a letter to Attorney General Garland urging him to uphold the freedom of the press by dropping these Trump-era charges and withdrawing the extradition request,” she added.
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