Julian Assange's Fiancee Urges Joe Biden To Free WikiLeaks Founder

When Barack Obama was the President, the US decided not to seek Julian Assange's extradition on the grounds that what WikiLeaks did was similar to journalistic activities protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.

President Joe Biden must let Julian Assange go free if he wants the United States to become a beacon for a free press once again and put the legacy of Donald Trump behind it, the fiancee of the WikiLeaks founder told Reuters. Washington has sought the extradition of Assange over his role in one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information, accusing him of putting lives in danger by releasing vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables. He has now spent nine years in jail or self-incarceration in Britain, and both Assange's fiancee Stella Moris and the British judge overseeing the extradition request have warned he may not survive a process to send him across the Atlantic. "If Biden really wants to break with the Trump legacy, then he has to drop the case," Moris told Reuters in an interview. "They can't maintain this prosecution against Julian while saying that they defend a global press freedom."