Historic Assange Trial to Hinge on Trump’s Political Motivations
- Fight against U.S. extradition starts in U.K. court on Monday
- Lawyers said Trump offered pardon if he ‘played ball’ on leaks
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In the 10 years since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested on sexual-assault charges, he’s fought Swedish prosecutors, skipped U.K. bail and irritated Ecuadorian diplomats.
On Monday, a four-week trial in London will begin to determine whether he can be shipped to the U.S., where he faces a maximum prison term of 175 years for releasing classified government documents. And he’s not going quietly.