The United States has submitted its formal request to the United Kingdom to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a US official
Assange was arrested in April at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and the US had roughly 65 days -- or until mid-June -- to send in full extradition papers.Prosecutors initially charged Assange with a single count of computer intrusion, but last month added 17 new counts, including controversial charges under the Espionage Act for encouraging, receiving and publishing national defense information in concert with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.
The Justice Department traditionally prosecutes government officials who leak classified information, but a federal grand jury returning an indictment against the distributor of sensitive documents is the most direct move yet by the Trump administration to crack down on the unauthorized disclosure of classified information and on press freedoms.
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