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Assange: I’ll Face U.S. Courts If My Rights Are Protected

After former President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of ex-military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange doubled down on his offer to be extradited to the U.S. provided his rights will be protected. So reports Newsweek.

Manning will be released in May as opposed to serving the entirety of the 35-year sentence she was handed. Assange has been in Ecuador’s London Embassy since 2012. Obama said Manning, who was responsible for the largest leak of classified materials in U.S. history, “had served a tough prison term and that justice had been served” and denied the commutation was connected to Assange’s offer.

Assange said the case against him should be dropped or the charges unsealed. 

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