UK judge orders WikiLeaks’s Assange extradited to U.S.
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The court issued a formal extradition order in a hearing Wednesday, leaving UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to rubber-stamp his transfer to the US after a years-long legal wrangle.
A London court has ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, be extradited to the United States to face trial for espionage charges.
The court issued a formal extradition order in a hearing Wednesday, leaving UK Home Secretary Priti Patel to rubber-stamp his transfer to the US after a years-long legal wrangle.
Assange can still appeal the decision, the judge said.
Assange is wanted in the US on 18 criminal charges after WikiLeaks published thousands of classified military files and diplomatic cables in 2010.
If convicted, he faces up to 175 years in prison.
Assange, who married his fiancee Stella Moris last month, has been held in Belmarsh prison for three years since being dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
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