Julian Assange: US justice department says he faces five years in jail – live updates

Assange arrested following the withdrawal of asylum by the Ecuadorian governmentKey dates in the WikiLeaks founder’s case The Guardian view on Assange: it would be wrong to extradite himFull story: Assange arrested after taking refuge for seven years 2.53pm BST District Judge Michael Snow finds Julian Assange guilty of failing to surrenderHe says Julian Assange’s behaviour is “the behaviour of a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest” 2.50pm BST The book Assange was pictured holding during his removal from the embassy this morning – and later read in the dock at Westminster Magistrates Court -was Gore Vidal: History of The National Security State. It’s a strange little book – not written by Vidal, as much of the media have reported, but a series of interviews with Vidal conducted over two years by Paul Jay, editor of nonprofit news organisation The Real News Network, who self-published the book on Amazon. Continue reading…
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