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Monday, January 4, 2021

Australian government urged to press Trump to end US pursuit of Julian Assange

Coalition backbencher says a presidential pardon for the WikiLeaks co-founder is the best way to end the saga

The Australian government is facing calls from its own Coalition backbench and the opposition Labor party to press the Trump administration to end the pursuit of Julian Assange after a British court ruled out the WikiLeaks co-founder’s extradition to the United States.

With the US government signalling it plans to appeal the court’s ruling, the Coalition backbencher George Christensen and the South Australian independent senator Rex Patrick were among Assange supporters who saw a presidential pardon from Donald Trump as the best way to bring an end to the saga.

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