REBUILDING THE BRIDGE ITSELF I
EXPECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST FOUR
YEARS.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>>> WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN
ASSANGE WILL BE ALLOWED TO
APPEAL HIS EXTRADITION TO TH
U.S. ASSANGE FACES UP TO 175
YEARS IN PRISON ON ESPIONAGE
CHARGES FOR RELEASING HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS.
LONDON’S HIGH COURT RULED TODA
THAT ASSURANCES FROM THE U.S. OF
HOW THE CASE WOULD BE TRIED WERE
NOT SUFFICIENT ADDING ANOTHE
DELAY TO HIS 13 YEARS OF LEGAL
BATTLES.
OUR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
MEAGAN FITZGERALD IS JOINING U
FROM LONDON.
THIS WAS ASSANGE’S LAST ATTEMP
AT STOPPING HIS EXTRADITION.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR HIM AN
WHAT ARE HIS OPTIONS AT THIS
POINT?
>> Reporter: WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WIT
ASSANGE’S LAWYERS TODAY ALON
WITH HIS WIFE.
THEY CONSIDER THIS A HUGE WIN.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT ASSANG
WILL BE ABLE TO APPEAL
EXTRADITION BACK TO THE UNITED
STATES, SOMETHING THAT HIS
ATTORNEY TELLS US WILL LIKEL
HAPPEN
THE COURT WILL HEAR THIS IN TH
FALL
IF HE WINS, THE CASE IS DONE AND
HE WILL BE ABLE TO WALK.
IF HE LOSES THE APPEAL WHICH I
LIKELY GOING TO BE THIS FALL, HE
HAS ONE OPTION, HE COULD THE
APPEAL TO THE EUROPEAN COURT O
HUMAN RIGHTS
THEY COULD THEN BLOCK TH
EXTRADITION BUT THEY WOULD HAV
TO ACT QUICKLY BECAUSE U.S
MARSHALS WOULD TRY TO TAKE HIM
TO THE UNITED STATES
IF HE IS EXTRADITED, HE WOUL
STAND TRIAL FOR SOME 18 CHARGES.
AS YOU MENTIONED, HE COULD FAC
UP TO 175 YEARS IN PRISON IF
CONVICTED.
WE HEARD FROM HIS WIFE TODAY AND
THEY ARE CELEBRATING THI
DECISION
SHE SPOKE TO US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID TO HER
HUSBAND AND HOW SHE FEELS ABOU
THIS
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THIS IS A VERY GOOD SIG
TODAY.
I THINK THE U.S. ADMINISTRATIO
SHOULD TAKE THIS AS A MOMENT T
DROP THE CASE AND TO JUST PUT AN
END TO IT, TO DISTANCE ITSEL
FROM THE TERRIBLE PROSECUTIO
WHICH THIS ADMINISTRATION DI
NOT INITIATE AND SHOULD HAVE PUT
AN END TO ALREADY.
>> Reporter: KEEP IN MIND,
JULIAN ASSANGE FOR THEALIST FIVE
YEARS HAS BEEN HELD IN EAS
LONDON IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY
PRISON, EVEN MORE SO WHICH I
WHY HIS WIFE IS CALLING FOR TH
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO STEP I
NOW SAYING IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO
DROP THE CHARGES
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF HE WINS
THE APPEAL IN THE FALL, AFTER 13