The USA is to give the UK diplomatic “assurances” regarding Julian Assange's possible extradition. What to make of these? And what about Joe Biden's recent statements on Assange's home country Australia?
today is the deadline for the United States to provide diplomatic assurances to the High Court of the UK prior to the next hearing on May 20
He is better off in the USA he can clam first amendment rights freedom of the press
The US position is that the first amendment doesn't apply to non-citizens, and also that it isn't possible to make a public interest defense to espionage charges.
also he won’t get death the worst is 20 to life
The current set of charges carry up to 175 years and the US has thus far refused to guarantee to the British court that they won't add more charges after they extradite him.
And even if he was "only" facing 20 to life, what would that be better than? He isn't charged with anything anywhere else.
Gitmo is a black sight for terrorist who can't be held within the us for security reasons so he might end up in the federal prison system getting moved around like el chopo
if found guilty but he is in the clear cause of the first amendment